What is the cause of migraines?

Answer 1

It used to be thought that when you get a migraine attack, the blood vessels in your head expand, causing unbearable pain in the head. This was called the Vascular Theory. We now know through recent research that Migraine is a genetic neurological disease that may or may not involve a vascular component.

Many people don't know why they get migraines, but there can be many triggers which make it more likely for an attack to begin.

Some triggers are:

1.Smoking/Smoke

2. Foods such as cheese, chocolate, coconut, processed meats, etc.

3. Lack of exercise

4. Changing sleeping patterns

5. Skipping meals

6. Weather

7. Hormonal fluctuations

Stress an anxiety were removed from the International Criteria for Headache Diagnosis (ICHD II), however they are still considered contributing factors.

There are everyday things you can do to PREVENT Migraine attacks including taking preventive therapies.

For appropriate diagnosis, treatment and prevention of headache disorders, seek the help of a board certified headache specialist.

Answer 2

Some people get migraines because it is genetic, a family trait. Some people are predisposed to having migraines because they have another illness. And some people just happen to have migraines - with no clear cut reason why their brain happens to have this particular dysfunction.

Regardless of the why your brain is set up to get migraines, the fact is that there must be something in your life that sets the migraine cycle off.

* Many foods can trigger migraines. Poor nutrition can cause it as well.

* Environmental Allergies - such as to mold.

* Smoking * Odors: Some migraineurs exhibit a sensitivity to perfumes or certain odors. * Sunlight/fluorescent light/glare from computer screens * Stress, both directly and indirectly. Directly, because the physical changes brought on by stress (or by relaxations after long periods of stress) can cause migraines. Indirectly, because stress as a whole lowers your threshold for any other migraine trigger you might have. For example, perhaps you can normally stand 5 hours under fluorescent lights. Being stressed might lower that threshold down to 3 hours. * Weather (barometric changes) * Extreme temperature shifts

* Dehydration * PFO - Patent Foramen Ovale is a congenital birth defect in which there is a small hole in the heart. Having surgery to correct this anomaly can help cut down on the frequency of your migraines. * Lack of sleep OR Too much sleep. (maintaining a normal sleep schedule is key) * Hormonal changes (puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, perimenopause, menopause) * Migraines from exertion. These can be brought on from exercise, or sometimes brought on by sex. * Some people have migraines develop only after injuries, like a concussion, or neck trauma.

* Pseudotumor cerebri - where too much cerebrospinal fluid in the body is pressing on the brain.

Learning to manage these triggers can go a long way to reducing the frequency and severity of your migraine attacks.

Answer 3

A headache is a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head. Headache is caused by a disturbance of the pain-sensitive structures in the head. The brain in itself is not sensitive to pain, because it lacks nociceptors. You can get headaches from a number of things. Aspirin can help, but it doesn't take care of the pain itself. Aspirin is a depressant so it numbs or depresses the pain sensing part of your brain.

Answer 4

Some common migraine triggers are:

• stress
• skipping meals
• too much caffeine
• certain foods (alcohol, cheese, Pizza, chocolate, ice cream, fatty or fried food, lunch meats, Hot Dogs, yogurt, Aspartame, or anything with MSG, a seasoning often used in Asian foods)
• sudden changes in sleep patterns
• changes in hormone levels
• smoking
• weather changes
• travel

Answer 5

The brain senapsis gets clogged with a butter like fluid similar to tooth apscess

Doctors cannot clean it due the brain is made up of very tiny spaces (senapsis)

Breathe Deep Tech. easily reaches in and gets rid of the problem, headaches gone

Answer 6

Migraine is a genetic neurological disease. It is caused by your genetic makeup.

Answer 7

blood clots

Do you know why people get headaches?

Answer 8

There are over 100 different headache disorders, each has a different cause or reason why a patient will experience them.