This infographic allows anyone suffering from recurrent headaches to determine whether or not they have a migraine. It lists almost all the clinical symptoms of classic migraine, from our side we can add the following features of the attack:
- Combination of cephalalgia with photophobia and phonophobia. Noisy music, bright lights, and children's screams greatly increase the pain syndrome.
- A headache attack lasts on average from 4 hours to 3 days.
- With migraine with aura, the symptoms preceding the pain last up to an hour, no more, and then completely disappear. All symptoms are short-lived.
- At the end of the painful attack, the patient falls asleep and, waking up, feels completely healthy.
After relief of pain with a confirmed diagnosis of migraine, prophylactic treatment is necessary. The preventive measures listed in the figure are relevant in combination with drug therapy (beta-blockers, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, calcium channel blockers, muscle relaxants). The drugs are selected individually by the neurologist.
In addition, to prevent new attacks, high-quality psychological assistance, correction of anxiety states, and work with emotions are needed. Among food products, it is advisable to exclude alcoholic beverages, marinades and smoked meats, soy sauce and other legume products, coffee, chocolate, smoked cheeses, garlic, spices, liver and dishes made from it.
Menstrual migraine often disappears in women after pregnancy and childbirth (the mechanism of hormone influence is not yet fully understood). True, in a small percentage of patients, the disease persists.
A good effect in the treatment of the disease is given by relaxing massage, Pilates and yoga classes, the use of acupuncture and manual therapy.
In conclusion, it should be noted that with the uncontrolled use of drugs of the NSAID group, analgesics, the likelihood of an increase in the frequency of pain syndrome (abusal pain) increases. Therefore, when the described symptoms appear, it is necessary to consult a neurologist for correction of treatment and regular monitoring.
