Migraine Cure
The Cure For Migraine
By Neurosurgery Singapore
What is a migraine?
Migraines are severe, recurring, and painful headaches. They can be preceded or accompanied by sensory warning signs and other symptoms. The extreme pain that migraine headaches cause can last for hours or even days. Migraines can follow an aura of sensory disturbances followed by a severe headache that often appears on one side of the head. They tend to affect people aged 15 to 55 years. However you can cure your migraine.
What are some symptoms of a migraine?
The main symptom is usually an intense headache on one side of the head.
The pain is usually a moderate or severe throbbing sensation that gets worse when you move and prevents you from carrying out normal activities.
In some cases, the pain can occur on both sides of your head and may affect your face or neck.
Additional symptoms
Other symptoms of migraine include:
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Increased sensitivity to light and sound – which is why many people with a migraine want to rest in a quiet, dark room
Some people also occasionally experience other symptoms, including:
- Sweating
- Poor concentration,
- Feeling very hot or very cold
- Abdominal (tummy) pain
- Diarrhoea
There are different types of migraine. Not everyone with a migraine experiences these additional symptoms and some people may experience them without having a headache. This type of migraine is known as Silent Migraine.
The symptoms of a migraine usually last between four hours and three days, although you may feel very tired for up to a week afterwards.
For chronic migraine, you get headaches much more often – 15 or more days a month and the attacks tend to last longer.
Migraine with aura is considered a “warning stage” that sometimes occurs before the onset of a migraine headache. Migraine auras refers to any number of sensory disturbances, including dots, sparks or zigzags in your vision.
“Migraine is an extraordinary prevalent neurological disease. Most people don’t realize how serious and incapacitating it can be. It is much more than a bad headache and remains a poorly understood disease that is often undiagnosed and undertreated.”
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What types of diagnosis?
- If you have migraines or a family history of such cases, our doctor trained in treating migraine (neurologist) will likely diagnose them based on your medical history, symptoms, and a physical and neurological examination. He may be able to understand what causes a migraine in your case.
Our doctor may also recommend more tests to rule out other possible causes for your pain if your condition is unusual, complex or suddenly becomes severe.
- Blood tests. Our doctor may order these to test for blood vessel problems, infections in your spinal cord or brain, and toxins in your system.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A MRI uses a powerful magnetic field and radio waves to produce detailed images of the brain and blood vessels. Because MRI scans help doctors diagnose tumors, strokes, bleeding in the brain, infections, and other brain and nervous system (neurological) conditions.
- Computerized tomography (CT) scan. A CT scan uses a series of X-rays to create detailed cross-sectional images of the brain. Therefore this helps doctors diagnose tumors, infections, brain damage, bleeding in the brain and other possible medical problems that may be causing headaches.
- Spinal tap (lumbar puncture). Our doctor may recommend a spinal tap (lumbar puncture) if he or she suspects infections, bleeding in the brain or another underlying condition.
In this procedure, a thin needle is inserted between two vertebrae in the lower back to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for analysis in a lab.
Living with migraines
Migraines can come on quickly, many times without warning. They can ruin your day—or even several days at a time. They can make you miss work, miss important events and miss out on fun. Because if you have recurring issues, you probably feel like you don’t have total control of your life.
Work with us to take back control. Document when you get relapses and what you were doing and eating. Keep a record of what the weather was like and if you were exposed to unusual smells or environments. Because knowing your triggers can help you prevent migraines. Our Neurologist may prescribe different medicines or combinations of medicines to treat migraine. Doing this helps sort out which will be most effective for preventing or stopping them when they start.
