Intensity That Comes With A Migraine Attack

Enduring a migraine is not for the weak of heart. A Migraine attack can be a very painful and long ordeal. Migraine headaches are in truth a chronic neurological disorder. A migraine headache is caused by an enlargement of blood vessels that creates a series of chemicals to be released and attack arteries in the brain. Once the chemicals have been released to wreak their havoc, the enlarging of the arteries begins to send painful symptoms that only magnifies until the arteries have stopped expanding or migraine relief has been found.

Running From The Pain

The pain associated with a migraine headache is so intense that a person becomes increasingly sensitive to light and sound which in return leaves them unable to function in an environment where light and noise are common occurrences. The increased sensitivity to light and sound makes it a challenge for one suffering from a migraine headache to function in their workplace effectively, when all they desire is a nice quiet dark place to lie down until the throbbing stops and sanity returns.

A persons need to escape to a dark and quiet place while being inflicted with a migraine headache could be due to the sympathetic nervous system in the body being activated. The desires, feelings that come naturally to humans as part of their natural way of dealing or coping with stress and pain is often associated with one’s sympathetic nervous system. Once the sympathetic nervous system has been activated, symptoms begin to develop that hinder one’s functionality at home and work.

Migraines inflict more than twenty million people causing the family unit to suffer a loss of financial income, productivity as well as valuable time together as a result of the painful migraine symptoms that hinders one’s ability to maintain composure when being inflicted with a migraine headache.

When Symptoms Run The Show

Migraine symptoms are what causes the migraine sufferer such agony and frustration when living through a migraine attack. The symptoms of a migraine can begin days before the first bit of head pain, these migraine symptoms are known as preemptive migraine symptoms or referred to as the first migraine stage Postdrome. These first or preemptive warnings would include:

• Sleepiness is often explained away by an overactive brain, bed discomfort and a million other reasons but drowsiness is a sign that a migraine might be in the near future.
• Sudden irritability or changes in mood. Irritability can often be chalked away as not having had a good night’s rest, be cautious of overlooking unexplained irritability.
• Fatigue
• Bouts of depression
• Obsessive yawning
• Cravings for foods high in sugar of lathered in salt

Once these preemptive warnings signs begin to manifest if a treatment is not quickly implemented than the following more severe migraine symptoms will soon follow:

• An intense throbbing, pounding feeling   typically located on one side of the forehead
  • Pain can also generate in the back of   the head
  • Pain can formulate right above one   eye
• The pain is often described as unilateral meaning the pain is typically felt or experienced on one side      of the head.
  • Reports have shown that about one    third of most migraine headaches are described as being felt on both  sides of the head also referred to as bilateral.
  • The pain felt from the migraine on    one side of the head can alternate to the other side of the head during   the next migraine attack. If you frequent migraine attacks on the same  side of the head please speak with your doctor immediately this could imply   something more serious is occurring.
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Paleness
• Coldness in the hands and feet
• Sensitivity to light and sound

Live With It Or Treat It

You have two options when and if you experience frequent migraine attacks, you can choose to live with them or you can choose to treat them. Living with re-occurring migraines could over time cost you and your family an exceptionally large sum of money. Migraine attacks have been known to last up to seventy two-hours and occur as often as 12- 15 days out of the month which could result in several missed days of work. Treating migraines can be done through natural means such as acupuncture, massage therapy or supplements.

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