Healthy Considerations

Most migraines (very intense headaches) start when a person is young and sometimes many family members suffer with them. Most suffers will go to bed as the headache (usually on one side) takes hold and which could last a matter of a few hours but if left without attention, could last for days. Once the attack is over, the victim will still feel exhausted and not able to do much for some time.

The frequency of attacks between sufferers is not consistent with some only having one episode a year. Many of the symptoms experienced by sufferers are closely connected to other everyday illnesses. Migraine can affect people from as young as ten and up to the age of forty; strangely, very few individuals suffer with this condition after they reach fifty years old.

It is quite common for members of the same family group to suffer with migraine attacks; even though there may be a link, so far it has eluded medical science. There is a condition that causes an inflammation of blood vessels in the brain and it is possible that people who suffer have sensitivity in this area. Another area that still isn’t fully understood is why these headaches are more prevalent in women with approximately three times as many women suffering than men; only one in twelve men will experience an attack in their lives.

A number of people have a warning when they are about to have an attack which is called migraine with aura which can be anywhere between ten minutes to half an hour before the actual attack. The warning signs may include:

*Nausea is very common *Vision is affected *Strange sounds or smell *Lack of sensation in sufferers extremities

these are the most commonly experienced symptoms. However, the condition that’s most common is a migraine without aura where the pain increases in one area of the head; these victims have no warning, but the symptoms can also be intensified if they move to much.

It is believed that conditions that cause the blood vessels in the brain to contract could be an explanation for migraine but this still hasn’t been proved so the search for cause continues. It might be that it is the expansion of the blood vessels afterwards that causes the headache; most victims become unable to do anything for some time after the attack. There are many possible triggers for an attack some of which are shown below:

*Weather patterns *Particular foodstuffs *Height *Certain groups of drink *Bright lights *Not enough food *Tension

It is for a person to keep a check to see if they have a pattern by which they can avoid situations that could lead to an attack.

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Written by Ray Lam