Migraine
Fatima fell in agony. Age 23 years. The distance from Banda to the college is 2 km. . He goes to college on foot from home. Chaitra travels to college without an umbrella even in the scorching sun. So far so good. One day he came home from college and felt a flash of light before his eyes. It is difficult to look at the light. After some time he felt severe pain on the right side of his head. The pain is getting worse. Vomiting with a headache. Fatema wanted to sleep alone, but Fatema's parents became worried. What happened to the girl suddenly? The rural doctor of the village was brought. The doctor gave pain medicine and vomiting medicine. The headache got better within a day.
Fatema started going to college as usual. There is no pain in the head. There is no difficulty in continuing studies. Going to college regularly. A month later the same headache again. This time Fatema's parents did not trust the village doctor and took her to a specialist doctor in the city. The doctor took a good history and examination and said, there is no reason to fear, your daughter's disease is Migraine.
The word migraine comes from Megrin. It is a Latin word. Megan's English is Hemicraniam Hemicraniam is half of one side of the head. Since this pain is on one side, it is called Migraine.
Migraine is a disease in children and young adults. If you are older, the frequency of migraines decreases if you are over 40 years old. Migraine has a genetic influence. That is, if parents have migraine, the children have a 60-80% chance of having them.
A significant feature of migraine headaches is that the pain occurs after a few days. After some time it can mean 7 days, 15 days, 1 month, 6 months, or even 1 year. Once the pain starts, it can last for 1 to 3 days. The pain is usually on one side of the head (hemicranial) but can be all over the head but is rare. Throbbing can be severe. May see flashes of light in the eyes before the onset of headache (Zigzag Fortification). Light can be hard to see. Nausea or even vomiting may accompany the onset of the headache. But some reasons increase the possibility of getting migraine. For example, if someone works extra nights, walks more in the sun, if someone drinks too much alcohol, eats chocolate, and suffers from excessive stress.
Headaches may be accompanied by other symptoms, but they are less common. For example, numbness or a feeling like a cut abscess, this problem can be on one side of the body or on both sides. Migraine sufferers prefer to stay in the dark because they dislike sight and sound. By pressing the blood vessels of the head, the pain is reduced a little.
Another notable feature of migraine pain is that the patient remains completely healthy during the interval between attacks. Abdominal Migraine can be accompanied by headaches and vomiting in children.
Many patients can have tension headaches together with migraine headaches. In medical science, this pain is called a mixed headache.
Much research has been done to find out what causes migraine headaches and other symptoms. Many believe that the blood vessels that run through the brain inside our skull become constricted and the blood vessels that run outside the skull dilate, reducing blood flow to the brain and causing these symptoms. However, many studies have not found this to be true. So actually the real secret of migraine is still unknown and mysterious.
There are two common tests we do for headaches. One is an x-ray PNS O/M view and another is a CT Scan of the brain. Both tests are normal in patients with migraine.
The principle of migraine treatment is three, one, all the reasons that can cause migraine, the factors to be avoided, two: take medicine during the attack, and three, some medications must be taken so that it cannot be attacked again.
A migraine sufferer may realize that doing certain activities may trigger migraine such as walking around in the sun, staying awake late at night, being under too much human pressure, etc. So he should refrain from doing all these things.
When the patient is affected i.e. severe headache and vomiting then pain killers like Paracetamol, Diclofen, and vomiting medicine Vergon are given. Taking these two types of medicine reduces headaches and reduces vomiting. If there is a severe headache and the medicine does not relieve the headache, then a specialist should be consulted.
People who suffer from frequent migraines should take preventive medicine. In preventive medicine like Propranolol, Fluranizin, and Amytryptalin, the medicine should be started at a low dose and the dose should be increased slowly. Inadequate dosage is the main obstacle to prevention.
Preventive medications take some time to work, and after starting these medications, the severity of headaches will decrease and the frequency of headaches will decrease in those with very frequent headaches. For example, if the pain used to occur after 7 days, then after taking the medicine, after 15 days, and after some more time after 1 month, the time will increase. In this way, gradually, when the age of the patient continues to increase and the medication has been taken for a long time, the incidence rate will decrease. After the general age of 40, the incidence of migraines drops to zero.
Since migraine requires medication for a long time, many patients do not want to take more medication after taking the medication for a few days. Then the rate of headaches in patients increases. Then the patients go to the chambers of different doctors and many times they are reminded of Pir Fakir's drinking water and amulets. Then treatment becomes difficult. Then the patient breaks down humanly with the headache.
Respective patients should not stop the preventive medicine without the advice of the requesting doctor. Because it is not certain how long to take medicine for migraine. So you have to take medicine for a long time as per the doctor's advice. Be patient. If you are patient, the headache will not get better but will get worse. Remember that migraine is a disease of recovery. All that is needed is the patient's patience and proper treatment.
