If only migraine symptoms were limited to the pain of a bad headache!
Unfortunately, migraine is much more complicated than that with symptoms that extent far beyond mere pain. This is why people who don’t get migraine don’t understand.
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If only migraine symptoms were limited to the pain of a bad headache!
Unfortunately, migraine is much more complicated than that with symptoms that extent far beyond mere pain. This is why people who don’t get migraine don’t understand.
Change of any kind is difficult for most of us, and that includes changes in diet. We all have favorites we eat that we know we shouldn’t, and the modern fast food diet of heavily processed convenient food does us no favors either.
In an ideal world, there would be no issue in disclosing a migraine condition to employers, but in the real world it’s often not as cut and dried as we’d like. Employers may or may not take a sympathetic stance, and the level of responsibility held by the migraine sufferer may impact how the employer reacts. They may feel that high-level employees with migraine may need too much time off and so won’t be able to properly carry out their duties.
Is the very thought of your upcoming road trip making you feel queasy with fear over the possibility of developing a migraine on the journey?
Sometimes, the fear of a migraine episode can be (nearly) as bad as the attack itself, but road trips are supposed to be fun and certainly not marred by doubt and worry.
Migraine Awareness Month is approaching, and Migraine Relief Center is dedicating June to raising awareness and spreading the word about chronic migraines.
The links between diet and migraine are well established. Most migraineurs recognize certain foods that either trigger an attack or make an episode worse. Avoiding personal food triggers soon becomes a lifestyle choice that’s vital in managing the condition.
When debilitating pain strikes frequently, safe effective medication becomes a vital part of daily life. Most migraine medication is taken orally, and whilst effective in many cases it can lead to problems for others. Topical medications can provide an additional or alternative treatment, with recent research indicating these may become more widely used in the future.
Migraine sufferers know how hard it is to pinpoint the root cause of the condition. Often, just getting a migraine diagnosis is a complicated undertaking, involving many tests and specialist consultations. And that’s only the first step, since the underlying cause can still be unclear.
Migraine sufferers are at extra risk when it comes to eye strain at work. While eye strain doesn’t feel like strain in other muscles, for the work they do, our eyes contain some of our strongest muscles and are as subject to strain as any other.
It’s commonly understood that pressure on nerves can contribute to migraine headaches. Whether the pressure is a primary cause or a secondary condition that exacerbates the pain differs from patient to patient, but many find that relieving the pressure helps relieve both frequency and severity of migraine headaches.