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MIGRAINES. MIGRAINES
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DEFINITION

The migraine or migraine is a chronic illness, of not well-known cause that is evident for crisis or repetitive attacks of migraines, which usually have a few certain characteristics as for his duration (between 4 and 72 hours), type of (pulsatile) pain, association to morning sickness, photophobia (inconvenience to the light) and fonofobia (inconvenience to the noise) or worsening with the physical activity.

TYPES OF MIGRAINES

The migraine usually begins before 40 years of age. Two types of migraines can differ:

  • The migraine without aura that is 80 % of the migraines. The headache begins unilaterally but later it expands. The pain is "palpitating" of intensity moderated - intense and irritated for the movement. A typical migraine attack studies with morning sickness, vomiting, and intense inconveniences with the light. The episodes last 4 at 72 hours. There is a history of previous to similar attacks and there is no evidence of organic illness.
  • The migraine with aura. The aura is a "notice" that can happen from several hours until 2 days before the beginning of the headache and lasts less than 60 minutes, opening the way to the proper headache. It presents associate normal symptoms, morning sickness, vomiting, and intense inconveniences with the light.
  • The visual aura is very common in the migraine and it has two forms:
    - an area of visual loss
    - presence of sheens in zigzag.

    It is thought that it is caused by the dilation of the blood glasses of the head that stimulate the nervous completions that cause the pain.

    These dilations cause an intense palpitating pain, normally on a side of the head, and collaborate normally to the morning sickness and vomiting. The affected person can experience an "aura" before the headache begins (sparkling lights, darkened vision and peculiar smells). They can last between 8 and 12 hours. The migraines affect the women three times more that to the men and they tend to be inherited.

    • SYMPTOMS

    Several migraine subtypes exist, being two principal ones the migraine with aura, named previously classic, and the migraine without aura or common migraine. The last one is the most frequent.

    In the migraine with aura, the headache is preceded of symptoms like blurry vision, vision of black spots that move and enclosed pins and needles in hands or in labial commissures and language.

    They usually develop in approximately 5 to 20 minutes, last less than one hour and usually go followed by migraine similar to that of the common migraine.

    TYPICAL OF THE MIGRAINE

    • They last from 4 until 72 hours separated by intervals without pain.
    • They are usually unilateral, that is to say, that the alone pain affects to one of the sides of the head.
    • They are usually pulsatile, that is to say, feeling beats in the place of the pain.
    • The intensity is variable, being from moderate to seriously.
    • It deteriorates with the physical activity.
    • He usually accompanies himself of morning sickness and/or vomiting and photo or telephone number phobia

    TREATMENT

    • To be supported in rest without noises in a dark place.
    • To put compresses of cold and warm water, alternating, in the forehead and base of the neck.
    • To get into a bath of lukewarm water.
    • To realize massages in neck and nape.
    • As medicine can use Paracetamol (600 mg. 2 ó 3 times a day).

    PREVENTION

    The prevention of the headaches is considered to be more important than the treatment. Since many of the causes are known, they can be avoided easily. By means of certain domestic advices there can be mitigated 90 % of all the headaches.

    To encourage the abundant water consumption every day. To do regular exercise. To avoid any well-known food that aggravates the problem. To avoid stress situations. To sleep the correct hours every day. To avoid the alcohol and the tobacco.

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