Symptoms Of Migraine

What is a Migraine?

I know in today's life getting Headache is very common problem but do you know it can be serious problem if its become the routine means getting headace Every Week,Every month or Every day.So Be aware it can be Migraine.

Migraine is a chronic illness,but in reallity it is an illness that strikes episodically.That differentiates it from chronic illness like diabetes where you must deal with the illness everyday by checking your blood sugger levels.Althogh doctors have not yet determined the exact cause of this disease,they have linked the migraine to specific changes in the braine.During a migraine attack ,blood vessels in and around the braine can become inflamed .

There is no specific blood test ,no ultra sound ,no x-ray to determine that you have this disease or not.Even through MRI or CT scan doctors can not diagnose this disease.

The diagnosis for migraine is made by carefully assesssing your symptoms,performing an evaluation and getting your medical history.



Common symptoms of Migraine



1. Moderate to severe pulsating head pain.Generally restricted to one side of the head,behind the Eyes,around the Eyes.

2. This pain generraly increase with body moovment.

3. starting with aura as seeing flashing light,partilly blocked vision,blurred vision,sound and smell.

4. Nousea,No appetite,fatigue.

5. Numbness



Heaving several of these symptoms does not mean that you have a migraine but it does mean that you have to talk to your doctor.This headache can limited your activities from 4hour to three days.

and when after consulting to your doctor you come to know that you have this disease don't be afraid because you are not alone in this world who have this disease there is lots of people who are fighting with this disease.According to the National Headache Foundation(NHF) ,Migraine is more common than Asthama,Diabities.According to the NHF Migraine have hereditary influence means if one parent has a history of migraines,a child has about a 50% chance of developing migraine at some point .But if both parent have migraines ,the chance of a child developing migraines at some point jumps to a 75%.

Migraine Triggers

How do migraine happen? or how Migraine trigger.Actually there are no hard and fast rules about triggers because its vary person to person.Some people say that their headache are set off by certain triggers as due to some food,changing weather,some smell etc.The three basic catagories of triggers are dietary,environmental,and physiological.
1. Dietary Triggers (some food can trigger migraine like cheese,beverage,citrus food,chocklate,dairy product,nuts etc.)
2Environmental Triggers(This include loud noise,specific weather condition such as dry winds,air polution,smoke,strong odors.)
3.Physiological triggers(its include too much or too less sleep,skipped meals,low blood pressure,manstruation,fatigue,stress .)


the pain of migraine is unbearable .its just block your activities .so what to do when you start to feel pain ,here are some simple things that you can do right now that will definitely help you to get through the day.

1. Apply cold compresses or ice packs to your head.
2.Conversely try a warm wet towel on your head.
3Take a hot shower.
4.If the pain in one eye,wear an eye patch over the eye.
5.practice Deep breathing.
6.Drink plenty of water.
7.Drink a cup of coffee.
8.which side you feel pain that side put a cotton ball in youe ear.

so these are the simple remedy you can do .
But Migraine is not so simple to treat so we have to know a lot of about this.In my next post I will reveal new facts about migraine.