| Migraine headaches can literally bring your life to a | | | | symptoms of blurred vision accompanied by the |
| halt. Anyone who has ever experienced the pain | | | | intense head pain lead some people to believe |
| caused by a migraine will fully understand this | | | | that they may have a brain tumor. Your doctor |
| statement. Often involving only one side of the | | | | will most likely order an MRI to rule this out. |
| head, these headaches can be extremely | | | | If you suffer from frequent migraines, lie down |
| debilitating for the sufferer. They can make you | | | | and use a cold compress on the forehead and the |
| nauseous, and even be painful to the point that | | | | back of your neck. Caffeine will also help to |
| you vomit. Episodes can last from 12 to 72 hours, | | | | relieve the symptoms by dilating the blood |
| with little or no relief. | | | | vessels. Often a doctor will prescribe certain |
| Many people experience an aura at the onset of a | | | | medicines that are also used to treat high blood |
| migraine. Lightning flashes seen in the corner of | | | | pressure, as they seem to have an effect on the |
| the eye, dizziness, blurred or double vision, and | | | | frequency and intensity of the migraine. Known as |
| nausea are a few of the classic tell-tale signs that | | | | calcium channel blockers and Beta blockers, they |
| a migraine is about to happen. The pain is intense, | | | | have been used with some success in the past. |
| and one will become ultra sensitive to sights and | | | | These are used as preventive measures. |
| sounds. Light of any sort is excruciating. People will | | | | Your doctor will work with you to try to lessen |
| usually have to lie down in a darkened, quiet room | | | | the frequency of the migraines, although some |
| while they wait for the headache to subside. | | | | people will continue to have as many as 5 or 6 a |
| Many women begin to experience migraines as | | | | week. Depending on how often you will have |
| they go through menopause. They may have | | | | them is not anything that can be predicted. Try |
| never had a migraine in their life, but find that | | | | to determine what it is that you were doing |
| they are frequent during this time. There is no | | | | before the headache occurred. Keep a list of |
| known reason why this would begin to happen | | | | things you eat that seem to precipitate the |
| only at this time of life. Often times the cause is | | | | migraine. Keep your doctor informed of your |
| stress related, but may be brought on by certain | | | | findings. By finding out what the cause of the |
| things that one eats. Physical illness may be | | | | migraines is will help to control them. If the natural |
| another cause, but no one knows for certain. | | | | ways does not help you to control the migraines, |
| Medications are available to prevent migraine | | | | there are medications on the market today that |
| headaches, or to relieve symptoms after the | | | | a doctor can prescribe to help deal with the |
| onset. Many people end up in the emergency | | | | migraines. With that being said if you can control |
| room of the hospital thinking that they are having | | | | them without medicine then it is recommended to |
| a stroke if the migraine is severe enough. The | | | | do so. |