Friday, September 25, 2015

What Are Migraines and Why Do They Hurt So Bad?


When you often seem to suffer from severe headaches, you should know that this could be the manifestation of a migraine, especially when occurring on one area of your head. At the moment there are merely speculations on the physical causes of these disorders. There have been however some studies to indicate that some changes in the serotonin levels of the brain could be the medical explanation.

The process happens in this way: when these levels are too low, the blood vessels become swelled and it is this swelling that provokes the unbearable pain. This level of serotonin is produced by the brain, and various factors contribute to lowering its level. Blood sugar level, light, eating habits, estrogen, are all factors to lead to migraine manifesting.

Migraine sufferers can tell you how bad this pain is, and as a result they are completely unable to go on with their daily activity or tasks. Suffering from migraine can come with various symptoms, as not a single migraine can be the same with another. These symptoms include vomiting, nausea, spotty vision, a great deal of sensitivity towards light, smell, noise.

They come also with acute throbbing pain in multiple parts of the head, with feelings of confusion, exhaustion, stiffness in the shoulders and neck, as well as dizziness. Not to mention that to many migraine sufferers moving the head merely, let alone the whole body, leads to experiencing stronger pain.

Migraine manifests itself in various types: the classic migraine and the common one. The first one is announced by the different way of seeing, by irritability, depression, and feeling restless. The second type, common migraine, starts slowly and ends up in lasting longer time (up to three days, the most).

The causes of migraines are counted as light in excess, certain foods (but these foods can vary from one person to another) and also the level of estrogen inside our bodies. This last factor is more often the cause for women to experience awful migraine headaches considering that they are prone to more changes inside their bodies at the hormonal level.

As to the remedies, there are various pain killers that many migraine sufferers prefer taking and that actually help them. But to others, there is the need of a medical prescription that indicates some medication prescribed in accordance to their condition and way of the body to deal with it.

When you experience migraine, you should make sure that you lye down in a dark quite room and place a cold compress on your head or over your eyes, or even both. One can even reach to avoid migraine from manifesting, resorting to solutions such wearing sunglasses, not eating those foods that lead to migraine sufferance, as well as sleeping the necessary hours and avoiding the stress. Due to the fact that migraines are quite debilitating, one should do whatever it takes to stay away from their manifesting.

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