Migraine is not an ordinary headache. It is a neurological disease. This is one of the diseases people consult a doctor. Migraine occurs in 20% of women and 8% of men. Migraine is seen as an attack. It divides the headache with nausea, sound and light sensitivity.

The main reason for migraine is a genetic factor. If there is a person in your family with migraine, your possibility to have migraine is 40%. If your both parents have migraine your possibility to have migraine is 75%. The other reason for this illness is related to hormonal changes. This is the reason this illness is most seen among women. This is the reason women’s splitting headaches increase during their periods.

One of the symptoms of migraine is an aura. It is seen just before the splitting headache. These are neurological symptoms. It can be visual and sensitive.

Visual Aura: The patients define wavy lustrous lights.

Sensitive Aura: The sensitive aura of migraine is seen as pins and needles in your hands, tongue, mouth, and cheek.

With the aura, these attacks last for 10-30 minutes. It usually takes 20 minutes. It is very important for migraine type treatment. Most people have migraine without auro. Some of them have migraine with aura but sometimes this group of patients can have attacks without aura.

WHAT DOES TRIGGER MIGRAINE?

There are many reasons for migraine and it is changeable from person to person. Some foods like cheese and chocolate trigger the migraine. Also dismissing meal, lack of water can trigger the migraine. Sleeping regularly is also important. If you sleep less or more you can have migraine attacks. Environmentally factors can trigger a migraine. Lustrous lights, flashing lights, strong odor and changing climate effects migraine. Also, emotional and psychological factors and hormonal factors trigger a migraine. Foods like chocolate, cacao, fava bean, dried beans, green lentils, soy products, sea products, pluck, alcohol, Brewis, canned food, tea, coffee, fizzy drinks, fig, sultana, avocado, papaya, banana, damson, and peanut butter trigger migraine. Be careful while eating these foods.

TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE

In migraine treatment, sometimes only just by keeping away from the factors which trigger a migraine, you can eliminate the migraine attacks. Also under the control of doctor medicines are very important. The medicine you take once a day under doctor control will keep you healthier. For success, you should change your lifestyle and take your medicine on time. If you do not change your lifestyle according to migraine it will not be useful only taking medicine. During your daily routine, you should

Take little notes about your headache schedules,

Sleep well,

Learn how you can cope with stress

Do not eat much. Give weight

Keep away from alcohol

USE BOTOX AGAINST MIGRAINE

Botox is used against the wrinkles on the face, but it is discovered that the patients who used botox noticed that their migraine attacks were eliminated. Thus, doctors began to use botox in the treatment of migraine. In this treatment, botox is used on brow, temples, nape, forehead. The effect of the application will continue for 2-3 months so it should be repeated. The application should be done by neurology medical expert.

NEURAL THERAPY

Neural Therapy is used in the treatment of migraine since 1926. It is an injection treatment that is applied by local anesthetic. It can be applied to all group of people including pregnant. It is based on treatment about reordering autonomic nervous system.

In the treatment of migraine, personal treatment should be chosen because the reasons and effects of migraine change person to person. The water consumption, the feeding system, sleeping system, stress values, environmental factors, gastrointestinal factors should be examined because physical problems can trigger the attacks. It is wrong to apply the same methods to all patients. Personal factors should be examined well.

DOES CAFFEİNE HELP MIGRAINE?

Caffeine is good for migraine. If you take caffeine with your migraine medicines, its effects will increase by 40%. While you are taking migraine medicines, if you use medicines with caffeine contents you will either use a lower dose and your pain will recover faster, but if you use these kinds of medicines for long term you will face with rebound headache. And even if these kind of medicines are more powerful, they are not recommended. Also coffee, tea, soft drinks, and chocolate make people more sensitive against rebound headache. All kind of migraine medicines should be taken under doctor control.