How To Deal With Headaches Behind The Eyes

Pain behind the eyes may be a symptom of different types of headaches and even other health problems. Most commonly people complain to have an extreme one-sided headache especially involving the area around or behind one eye. This is a typical description of cluster headache. Other symptoms associated with cluster headache are eye redness or tearing, smaller pupil on the affected side of the face and stuffy, runny nose.

Cluster headaches are very severe and last from 25 minutes to a couple of hours. They may recur several times a day for up to 8 weeks and than disappear for a few months or even years.

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One of the most effective and safest treatments for cluster headaches is oxygen mask that raises levels of oxygen in the blood and as a result relaxes constricted blood vessels. If that does not help injections of sumatriphan and dihydroergotamine may provide relief from the headache behind the eyes.

How To Deal With Headaches Behind The Eyes

Over-the-counter painkillers are not a good alternative for relieving pain as headaches often goes away before the pill starts working.

Both cluster headaches and migraines are considered vascular headaches and are linked to abnormal function of brain's blood vessels due to hormonal chemical change in the brain. Since those two types of headaches are closely linked together, during migraines, headache may start in the area surrounding one or both eyes.

Migraine headache often begins with visual disturbance called "aura" (a person is seeing zigzag lines or flashing lights or have blurred vision). Later migraine is often accompanied with such symptoms as vomiting, fatigue, nausea, sensitivity to lights and loud sounds.

People suffering from cluster or migraine headaches should avoid use of alcohol and tobacco, certain foods, especially the ones containing nitrates (food coloring, processed meats, preservatives), bright and glaring light, stress and certain medications that lead to hormonal changes (oral contraceptives, estrogens).

Sometimes infection of the frontal sinuses can lead to a dull, throbbing pain between or behind the eyes. It tends to get worse in the mornings and is accompanied with frequent tearing, congestion, runny nose, fever and sensitivity to light. Diving in dirty water, airborne allergies, cold or flu may cause sinus headache.

To eliminate pain behind the eyes, you should reduce inflammation and sinus swelling. Inhaling steam and applying heat over affected area combined with Vitamin C and zinc intake will facilitate the mucus drainage and help to boost immune mechanism to reduce sinus headache.

Other factors that can be the main reason for the headaches behind the eyes are eyestrain and glaucoma. Eyestrain occurs if the eyes are forced to focus on a close object (a newspaper, computer screen) for a long period of time, without focusing periodically at distant objects or due to uncorrected vision problems.

Glaucoma is caused by increased pressure within the eyeball that requires immediate medical attention as it may lead to optic nerve damage and loss of sight. Nowadays glaucoma may be treated by prescription drugs or surgery.

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Dangers of Dehydration - And The Importance of Kidney Cleansing

The human body is composed of 75 percent water and 25 percent solid matter. To provide nourishment, eliminate waste and regulate all the functions in the body, we need water. Most modern societies, however, no longer stress the importance of drinking water as the most important "nutrient" among all nutrients. Entire population groups are substituting water with tea, coffee, alcohol and other manufactured beverages. Many people don't realize that the natural thirst signal of the body is a sign that it requires pure, plain drinking water. Instead, they opt for other beverages in the belief that this would satisfy the body's water requirements. This is a false belief.

It is true that beverages such as tea, coffee, wine, beer, soft drinks and juices contain water but they also contain caffeine, alcohol, sugar, artificial sweeteners or other chemicals that act as strong dehydrators. The more you drink these beverages, the more dehydrated you become because the effects they create in the body are exactly opposite to the ones that are produced by water. Caffeine containing beverages, for example, trigger stress responses that have strong diuretic effects (causing increased urination, at first). Beverages with added sugar drastically raise blood sugar levels, which uses up large quantities of cellular water, too. Regular consumption of such beverages results in chronic dehydration, which is a common factor in every toxicity crisis.

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There is no practical or rational reason to treat an illness (toxicity crisis) with synthetic drugs or even with natural medications and methods unless the body's need for hydration has been met first. Drugs and other forms of medical intervention can be dangerous for the human physiology largely because of their dehydrating effects. Most patients today are suffering from 'thirst disease', a progressive state of dehydration in certain areas of the body. Unable to remove toxins from these parts due to insufficient water supply, the body is faced with the consequences of their destructive effects. The lack of recognition of the most basic aspects of water metabolism in our body can be held responsible for seeing a disease when it really is the body's urgent cry for water.

Dangers of Dehydration - And The Importance of Kidney Cleansing

Recognizing Dehydration

Those who have lived for many years without proper water intake are the most likely to succumb to the build-up of toxins in the body. Chronic disease is always accompanied by dehydration and, in many cases, caused by dehydration. The longer a person lives on a low water ration and/or on a high ration of stimulating beverages or foods, the more severe and long lasting is the toxicity crisis. Heart disease, obesity, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, stomach ulcers, hypertension, cancer, MS, Alzheimer's, and many other chronic forms of disease are precipitated by years of "body drought." Infectious agents such as bacteria and viruses cannot thrive in a well-hydrated body. Drinking enough water is therefore one of the most important preventives for any disease.

People who do not drink enough water or unduly deplete their body's water reserves through overstimulation for a period of time gradually lower the ratio of the volume of water that exists inside the cells to the ratio of volume of water that is found outside the cells. Under dehydrated conditions, the cells may lose up to 28% or more of their water volume. This certainly undermines all cellular activities, whether they occur in skin cells, stomach cells, liver cells, kidney cells or heart cells. Whenever there is cellular dehydration, metabolic waste products are retained, causing symptoms that resemble disease but in truth are nothing but signs of disturbed water metabolism. Since more and more water begins to accumulate outside the cells, the dehydration may not be apparent to the afflicted person; he may in fact notice that he retains water, leading to swelling of his legs, feet, arms and face. Also his kidneys may begin to hold on to water, markedly reducing urinary secretion and causing retention of harmful waste material. Even the enzymes and proteins living in the dehydrated cells become so inefficient that they are no longer able to recognize the dehydrated state of the body; they fail to set off the 'thirst alarm'.

Demetria, a 53-year-old Greek woman consulted me to find relief for a painful condition of gallbladder disease. Her skin was dark gray, indicating a high concentration of toxins in her liver and throughout her body. Seeing how dehydrated (and swollen) her body was, I offered her a glass of water. She said: "I never drink water, it makes me sick!" I told her that her natural thirst signals no longer worked because of cellular dehydration and that without drinking water her body could not return to balance. Any water she would drink would instantly be used to remove some of the toxins lurking in her stomach, giving rise to nausea. In her case, any other therapy than drinking water would have been a waste of time and money.

A dehydrated person may also suffer from lack of energy. Due to the shortage of water inside the cell the normal osmotic flow of water through the cell membrane becomes disrupted or severely disturbed. Like in a stream, the movement of water into the cells generates "hydroelectric" energy, which is subsequently stored in form of ATP molecules (the main source of cellular energy). Normally, the water we drink keeps the cell volume balanced and the salt we eat maintains the balanced volume of water that is held outside the cells and in circulation; this generates the right osmotic pressure necessary for cellular nourishment and energy production. During dehydration, this basic process is undermined.

The Pain Connection

Another major indicator of dehydration in the body is pain. In response to increasing water shortage, the brain activates and stores the important neurotransmitter histamine, which directs certain subordinate water regulators to redistribute the amount of water that is in circulation. This system helps move water to areas where it is needed for basic metabolic activity and survival (from drought). When histamine and its subordinate regulators for water intake and distribution come across pain-sensing nerves in the body, they cause strong and continual pain. These pain signals, as they manifest, for example, in rheumatoid arthritis, angina, dyspepsia, low back problems, neuralgia, migraine, and hangover headaches, etc., are necessary to alert the person to attend to the problem of general or local dehydration.

Taking analgesics or other pain relieving medications such as antihistamines or antacids can cause irreversible damage in the body. They not only fail to address the real problem (which may be dehydration) but they also cut the connection between the neurotransmitter histamine and its subordinate regulators such as vasopressin, Renin-Angiotensin (RA), prostaglandin (PG), and kinins. Although the action of the pain killing drugs can relieve local pain for a while, they nevertheless stop the body from knowing the priority areas for water distribution, adding confusion to all its functions. Antihistamines -- also known as allergy drugs - effectively prevent the body's histamines from ensuring balanced water distribution.

In addition to jeopardizing the water regulating mechanisms, after reaching a certain pain threshold, painkillers become ineffective because the brain takes over as a direct center for monitoring pain perpetuation (unless of course the body is hydrated again). If the body produces pain out of its own accord (not caused through an injury), this should first be interpreted as a cry for water. The use of painkillers, which suppress this cardinal signal of chronic and local dehydration in the body and which "short circuit" its emergency routes, sabotages waste elimination and sows the seeds of chronic illness.

There is enough documentation to show that these drugs can have fatal side effects. They can cause gastrointestinal bleeding, killing thousands each year. Yet the body's natural pain signals are perfectly normal responses to an abnormal situation, which may be simple dehydration. In the case that a pain is simply unbearable, the use of painkillers, however, may be unavoidable. At the same time, the pain-afflicted person should drink plenty of fresh water and discontinue all energy-depleting factors, as these tend to have a strongly dehydrating effect.

'Body Drought' - the Strongest Form of Stress

Our brain, working round the clock, requires more water than any other part of the body. Under normal conditions, it contains about twenty percent of all the blood that circulates through the body. It is estimated that brain cells consist of 85 percent water. Their energy requirements are not only met by metabolizing glucose (simple sugar), but also by generating "hydroelectric" energy from the water drive through cell osmosis. The brain depends greatly on this self-generated source of energy to maintain its complex processes and efficiency.

Water deficiency in the brain tissue cut downs its energy supply and thereby depresses many of its vital functions - hence the word depression. With a low level of brain energy, we are unable to meet our personal and social challenges and subsequently succumb to fear, anxiety, anger and other emotional problems. We may feel drained, lethargic, stressed and depressed. The chronic fatigue syndrome, which is commonly known as M.E., is mainly a symptom of progressive brain dehydration and subsequent retention of metabolic toxins in the brain. The syndrome may disappear on its own when the afflicted person stops stimulating the brain with caffeine, tobacco, drugs, animal products, etc., and begins a consequent program of re-hydrating the body.

The Stress Response

When dehydrated, the body has to put up the fight of a lifetime -- similar to the one experienced in a "fight or flight" situation. The body meets a crisis situation by mobilizing several powerful hormones, including adrenalin, endorphins, cortisone, prolactin, vasopressin, and Renin-Angiotensin (RA).

Endorphins, for example, help us to withstand pain and stress and allow the body to continue most of its functions. Cortisone orders the mobilisation of stored energies and essential raw materials to supply the body with energy and basic nutrients during the crisis. In other words, this hormone allows the body to literally feed off itself. This in itself is a very stressful and damaging situation for the body and is expressed by such emotions as, "I can't cope anymore" or, "I feel this is eating at me." Many patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, MS or other degenerative diseases take cortisone drugs, which often give them a boost of energy and morale for a relatively short period of time.

The 'success' of the drug, however, only lasts as long as there are still reserves left in the body that can be mobilized for energy and nutrient distribution. Once the body has used up its emergency reserves the organism can barely function anymore and the symptoms of disease become worse than ever.

Constriction of blood vessels

When the cells in the body are under-supplied with water, the brain's pituitary gland produces the neurotransmitter vasopressin, a hormone that has the property of constricting blood vessels in areas where there is cellular dehydration. During dehydration, the quantity of water in the bloodstream is reduced. Vasopressin, as its name suggests, squeezes the vascular system, i.e., the capillaries and arteries, to reduce their fluid volume. This maneuver is necessary to continue having enough pressure to allow for a steady filtration of water into the cells. This gives vasopressin a hypertensive property. High blood pressure is a common experience among people who are dehydrated. A similar situation occurs in the liver's bile ducts, which begin to constrict in response to restricted availability of water. Gallstone formation is a direct result of dehydration.

A person who drinks alcohol suppresses the secretion of vasopressin and thereby increases cellular dehydration (if alcohol consumption is excessive, cellular dehydration may reach dangerously high levels). To survive the body "drought," the body has to secrete ever more stress hormones, among them the addictive endorphins. With regular consumption of alcohol, meaning every day for several years, dehydration increases even further and endorphin production becomes an addictive habit. This may lead to alcoholism, a disease that has devastating consequences on a person's personal and social life.

Water Retention and Kidney Damage

The Renin-Angiotensin (RA) system is activated when there is a water shortage in the body. This system is used to direct the body to hold on to water wherever possible. It instructs the kidneys to inhibit urination and tightens the capillaries and the vascular system, particularly in areas that are not as vital as the brain and the heart muscles. At the same time, it stimulates an increase in the absorption of sodium (salt), which helps the body to retain water. Unless the body returns to its normal level of hydration, the RA system remains activated. But this also means that the pressure of the blood against the walls of the blood vessels remains abnormally high, causing the damage that is known as cardiovascular disease.

Hypertension and the retention of urine in the kidneys lead to kidney damage. Conventional treatments for this condition consist mostly of diuretic (urine forming) drugs and restricted salt consumption. Both may have severe drawbacks. Diuretic drugs, which are used to normalize the blood pressure, as well as reduced salt intake strongly undermine the body's emergency efforts to save the little water it has left for cell functions. The resulting stress response causes a further increase in dehydration and the vicious cycle is complete. There are so many kidney replacements made today that result from chronic dehydration, caused by something as simple as not drinking enough water or overstimulation of the nervous system.

The Caffeine and Alcohol Drama

The caffeine contained in such beverages as tea, coffee, cacao or colas not only stimulates the central nervous system and immune system but also acts as a strong diuretic. For every cup of coffee or tea you drink you relinquish approximately three cups of water, which the body cannot afford to give up without suffering damage. The caffeine containing cola beverages work in a similar way. Caffeine, being a nerve toxin, stimulates the body's stress hormones and triggers a strong immune response that may give a person the (false) impression that his level of energy and vitality has suddenly increased. To remove the nerve toxin caffeine, the body has to come up with extra water, which it takes from its cells. Hence there is an occurrence of cellular dehydration.

Caffeine, which is a major component in most soft drinks, removes water from the body faster than the body can absorb it again, thereby generating constant thirst. People, who frequently take soft drinks, can never really quench their thirst because their bodies continually and increasingly run out of cellular water. There are college students who drink as many as 10-14 cans of cola a day. Eventually, they confuse their bodies' never-ending thirst signal with hunger and they begin to overeat, causing swelling and excessive weight gain. Apart from its diuretic action and its addictive effects on the brain, regular caffeine intake overstimulates the heart muscles, causing exhaustion and heart disease.

Alcohol has a similar diuretic effect as caffeine containing beverages. For every glass of beer, for example, the body is forced to sacrifice about three glasses of water. A hangover results when due to alcohol abuse the brain suffers severe dehydration. If this occurs repeatedly, a large number of brain cells become damaged and die. Many important brain functions slow down or become depressed. Recovery is possible to a certain extent if alcohol consumption is discontinued.

Kidney Stones

The main functions of the kidneys are to keep the blood pure and healthy and maintain proper fluid balance in the body. To accomplish this difficult feat, the kidneys constantly monitor normal blood volume and filter from the blood the right quantity of urine to keep it balanced. There are many influences that can disrupt this mechanism and cause congestion in the kidneys. They include overstimulation, dehydration, fatigue, overeating, gallstones, blood pressure disturbance, medical or narcotic drugs, vitamins, digestive disorders, etc. When the kidneys are incapable of sufficiently separating the urine from the blood, part of the urine continues to circulate throughout the body, depositing urinary waste products in the blood vessels, joints, tissues, and organs. Skin diseases, strong body odor, sweating of palms and feet, water retention, intestinal swelling, high blood pressure, etc. are all signs of toxic blood caused by crystals and stones in the kidneys.

Stones in the kidneys begin as tiny crystals and can eventually become as large as an egg. The tiny crystals are too small to be detected by X-rays and since they do not cause pain, they are rarely noticed yet they are big enough to block the flow of liquid through the tiny kidney tubules. Crystals or stones are formed in the kidneys when urinary constituents, which normally in solution, are precipitated. Precipitation occurs when these particles occur in excessive amounts or when urine becomes too concentrated. The crystal particles or stones are usually full of sharp angles, which may cut and wear away the inner surface of the urinary canal (ureter) during their passage from the kidneys to the bladder. This causes severe pain in the loins or lower back. There may even be blood in the urine, pain running down the legs, numbness in the thighs and a difficulty in passing urine.

Most crystals or stones originate in the kidneys, although some may also be formed in the bladder. If a large stone enters a ureter, urine flow becomes obstructed. This can lead to serious complications, such as kidney infection or kidney failure.

Why The Need For A Kidney Cleanse?

The kidneys make a tremendous effort in trying to keep the body clear of toxic substances such as lead, cadmium, mercury and other impassable pollutants. They also maintain fluid and electrolyte balance and regulate the pressure from the heart that forces the blood through their filtering system. Kidney stones greatly impair this ability, which consequently increases the amounts of heavy metals and raises the body's general level of toxicity. This can lead to infection, high blood pressure, heart disease, brain disorders, cancer and many other diseases.

The following signs indicate the presence of crystals and stones in the kidneys or bladder: A dark or whitish color under the eyes; puffy or swollen eyes, particularly in the morning; deep wrinkles under and around the eyes; tiny whitish, tan-colored or dark lumps under the eyes, which can be felt or made visible when stretching the skin outwards towards the cheekbones; overlapping of the skin of the upper eyelid; chronic pain in the lower back; swelling of feet and legs; constant fear or anxiety. There are a number of herbs that can effectively dissolve kidney stones within a period of 20-30 days. Whether someone has been diagnosed as having kidney stones or not, doing a kidney cleanse once or twice a year produces tremendous curative and preventive benefits. The kidney cleanse not only improves physical health but also reduces stress, fear and anxieties.

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Eye Migraine - Tips About an Ocular Migraine

Eye migraine is a migraine type which focuses on the aura part in which visual disturbance predominate. It is not an actual headache!.

How do I know I have an eye migraine? I have no pain and no headache! Ocular migraine is a migraine without a headache it is distorting images. That distortion begins in the center of the image after that it moves to one side. Eye migraine may affect only one eye at a time. Images may turn wavy or grey, and you may temporarily loss the sight.

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Doctors differ in understanding eye migraine. Some say ocular migraine occurs in young adult. Other say it is seen as you get older. Losing your sight can be frightening. Physicians differ in understanding of ocular migraine symptoms. Some refer to the blindness or one side blind spots which lasts less than 60 minutes and associated with a pain. Other explain the aura visual disturbance without pain.

Eye Migraine - Tips About an Ocular Migraine

Eye migraine symptoms

There are many specific symptoms of that ocular migraine such as:

1. Vision holes

You may see holes in your vision filed. Perhaps you are watching TV, and you may see outside of the screen and you can't see the picture center. Or you are looking at a flower, and the flower center is missing! There is a blind spot in your affected eye and when you close your unaffected eye you see the picture portion.

2. You may see everything as thought hidden behind a gray shade, when you're looking through your affected eye.

3. Your affected eye sees pictures as though looking through a window with streaming of rain.

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Vestibular Migraine - Symptoms and Stages of the Vestibular Migraine Headache

There are many people think that migraine is excruciating pain! But the symptoms of migraine are far more than the headache. Normal migraine has four phases (pre headache phase, aura phase, headache phase and post headache phase). Many patients suffer from normal migraine but minority has vestibular migraine. If you go by the international headache society I.H.S guidelines for the diagnosis and classification if the migraine disease, you won't find vestibular migraine! It is called acephalgic migraine, optical migraine or without headache migraine.

The vestibular migraine symptoms:

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This disease starts with the normal stages of the pre headache, Progresses to the aura phase of the migraine after that stops short. It skips the headache (pain phase). If you have vestibular migraine, you have visual disturbance symptoms and other without headache symptoms.

Vestibular Migraine - Symptoms and Stages of the Vestibular Migraine Headache

Pre headache phase

It is referred as the migraine prodrome. You enter this stage before recognizing the migraine. It is the waning phase so recognizing it is very important. It has many physical symptoms such as:

1- Fatigue

2- Food cravings

3- Frequent urination

4- Irritability

5- Neck muscle stiffness

6- Constipation

7- Diarrhea

8- depression

The aura phase

It is lasting less than 60 minutes. It contains visual symptoms such as: spots, zigzag lines and flashing lights in front of the eyes.

It has many other symptoms such as:

1- Partial paralysis

2- Partial or blurry vision (sight loss)

3- Tingling or numbness of your face

4- Visual hallucination (wavy lines, spots, flashing bright lights and zigzag lines)

5- Olfactory hallucinations (you may smell odors that are not there)

6- Dizziness

7- Reduced feel or touch or increased feel and touch

8- Auditory hallucinations

9- Confusion in thinking

10- Hearing ability decreasing.

If you have a vestibular migraine, your symptoms stop here.

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Say No To Migraine Headaches!

Are you a migraneur (one who suffers from migraine pain)? If you are, then you are most definitely aware of the intense throbbing headache that it brings and the disabling symptoms that accompany it!

The word "migraine" originated from the Greek work "hemicrania" which literally means "half of the head". This is because classic migraine headaches usually affect one side of the head only, with the pain centering on the eye or temple. It can be accompanied by several other symptoms such as numbness or weakness, nausea or vomiting, dizziness and a marked sensitivity to light, noise, odors and touch.

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Migraine headaches tend to affect the females more than the males. In fact for every four migraine sufferers, three would be females! It was also observed that migraine tends to run in the family so if you have a close relative who suffers from this debilitating condition, there is a great chance that you would, too.

Say No To Migraine Headaches!

What does a migraine headache feel like?

Those who have already suffered from migraine headaches describe the pain as a constant, intense throbbing pain that can literally knock you off your feet. Migraine headaches can be so disabling that you need to lie still in a dark quiet room and avoid even the slightest of stimulation to any of your primary senses to prevent the pain from worsening. Migraine headaches can also be accompanied by nausea and vomiting but in some cases, vomiting can actually help in relieving the pain.

Migraine headaches can hit you all of a sudden. However, if you are observant enough, you will notice a series of warning signs before the onset of the pain. These may include abrupt mood changes, food cravings, excessive yawning and speech or memory problems. You may also notice a change in your energy level and/or experience increased sensitivity.

A number of migraine sufferers may also experience visual disturbances, temporary vision problems and may feel a tingling sensation in their lips and hands. In some extreme cases; migraine headaches can even cause a person to hallucinate, go temporarily blind or be unable to speak!

When the headache finally ends, you may either feel more alive with your energy literally bursting at the seams or you may feel completely drained and washed out for about a day or so. Even your emotions may be affected - you may experience extreme mood changes from euphoria to depression in an instant!

Migraine headaches were observed to be triggered by a lot of different factors - from stress to a diet dominated by processed foods. You may not know it but you may be eating a lot of foods that can trigger the onset of migraine headaches. Among the most common culprits are the following:

o Dairy products such as buttermilk, chocolate milk, ripened cheeses, sour cream and yogurt

o Processed meat and fish such as bacon, bologna, corned beef, hotdogs, pickled herring, salami, sausages and smoked fish, among others

o Yeast breads and cakes

o Beverages that contain alcohol and caffeine

o Condiments such as MSG, soy sauce and vinegar

o Pickled foods

If you are prone to migraine headaches, you may also want to avoid certain fruits and vegetables such as avocado, banana, beans, citrus fruits and juices, nuts, onions, papaya, raisins and certain seeds (pumpkin, sesame and sunflower). They may just worsen the frequency and intensity of your migraine pains!

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Migraine Headaches Symptoms - How to Get the Best Treatment For Migraine Headaches

Millions of people find themselves regularly suffering from migraine headaches symptoms. Most regular sufferers can identify a migraine quickly after the onset of symptoms, which last anywhere from several hours to several days. Treatment For migraine headaches should be attempted as soon as symptoms appear, in order to shorten the length of suffering.

This will help prevent the headache from interfering with your work and home life and stop any migraine headaches symptoms returning quickly. As science and medicine progress, more and more treatment options are available for regular sufferers of migraine headaches.

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In most people who experience migraine headaches symptoms, they are a problem that reoccurs. For whatever reason, certain people are more prone to attacks of migraines and will have the symptoms on multiple occasions.

Migraine Headaches Symptoms - How to Get the Best Treatment For Migraine Headaches

While there are common migraine headaches symptoms, some sufferers also experience atypical migraine symptoms. People who have regular migraines can frequently identify symptoms that precede the headache itself. Some classic examples are pain around the eye area, nausea, or sensitivity to sound. There might be a throbbing pain in the forehead or near one temple.

Best Treatment For Migraine Headaches

In the past, people who were suffering from regular migraine headaches symptoms had few options but to sleep or take over the counter pain medications.

These severe headaches could last for 24 hours or more. They would interfere with a person's responsibilities at work and home, leaving them unable to concentrate. However, medical research has begun to provide more solutions for these powerful headaches.

There are also simple techniques that can be done without medication. For example, applying ice to the locations where pain is occurring will help reduce the inflammation.

Steady breathing exercises and other relaxation techniques can be used effectively to reduce the intensity or even the number of attacks. Traditional Eastern practices such as acupuncture have solutions for migraines as well.

Many brands of pain medication now offer over the counter options that are specific to migraine headache and the symptoms that accompany the pain. These pills can provide a fast solution to the infrequent migraine sufferer.

However, for people who experience migraines on a regular basis or have atypical migraine symptoms, it is important to speak to a doctor about alternative solutions.

There are prescription painkillers and anti-inflammatory medications available, as well as drugs that can help reduce the frequency of migraines. Your general care physician should have knowledge of these treatments or be able to refer you to a specialist.

Migraine sufferers should take their medications when they first notice symptoms of a migraine headache. By taking the medication early, it will have time to help your body avoid the most intense pain and nausea and allow you to return to your day quickly.

These treatment options are great solutions for people who are frustrated by frequent migraine headache. Take control of your life by calling your doctor today. He or she will help you find the best treatment for migraine headaches.

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The Causes of Aura Migraine

Aura migraine is a common type of migraine, often classified as the casual aura migraine, wherein the person who suffers from it is experiencing not just severe pain in the head but also some sort of visual disturbances such as blurred vision, difficulty in distinguishing color, hallucinations, partial blindness and eye numbness. These disturbances are also called auras, and these usually proceed to migraine headaches most of the times. The auras usually happen for about minutes then to hours before the migraine starts to trigger. The auras can occur without pain, and this is called a migraine equivalent.

The causes of aura migraine are also similar with the causes that trigger the actual migraine. But generally, the cause of aura migraine is the preceding of the migraine attack. So what are focused here will be the causes of migraine itself. Scientifically, migraine is caused by the rapid narrowing and swelling of the blood vessels and some of it being clogged in due to excessive secretion of chemicals produced by the nerve fibers in the brain that causes the blockage. These activities inside the brain are due to the man's involvement on harmful acts, plus some factors in the environment. Some of these include:

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(1) eating certain foods that you are allergic of;
(2) frequent smoking and drinking;
(3) bright lights and loud sounds;
(4) unbalanced diet and lack of exercise;
(5) irregular sleep and rest;
(6) engaging in stressful activities;
(7) eating foods with many preservatives such as monosodium glutamate and tyramine;
(8) physical, mental and emotional stress;
(9) tensions and pressures; and
(10) hormonal changes.

The Causes of Aura Migraine

The term "aura" describes a neurological disorder that occurs shortly before the migraine starts to be felt. The symptoms of aura migraine include visual, sensory, auditory and natural symptoms. Visual symptoms are events that happen in the eyes that affects the sight; sensory and auditory symptoms are those that affect the hearing and sensing capabilities of the migraine sufferer; and natural symptoms include fears, tensions and anxieties. Visual aura migraine is the most common among the neurological events. The visual changes that happen before the occurrence of the aura migraine include: appearance of zigzag lines in the sight, flashing lights, visual hallucinations, blurredness, sighting blind spots which are temporary, sensitivity to light and pain in the eyeballs. Aura migraines also include auditory changes such as hearing unusual voices and sounds and their modulations from the environment. Other disturbances include smelling strange scents, feelings of numbness, weakness or unsteadiness, inability to understand or comprehend, inability to speak properly and clearly, the feeling of being separated from your own body, excessive saliva forming in the mouth and gustatory hallucinations.

Aura migraines can cause great discomfort, but this is not life-threatening, unless you did not took care of yourself from this painful disorder. There are proper medications in treating aura migraine such as natural cures and drugs. But when they are taken excessively, it will result to more severe migraines; when they are consumed for a long period of time, they can cause stomach pains, ulcers and internal hemorrhages. The frequency of the migraine can be determined by knowing the intensity of the aura. So the things should be prevented when experiencing an aura are driving, playing a sport, studying and being exposed to radiations. Aura tends to show up first before the migraine, so at the first place, start knowing the possible medications to treat that. Aura migraines are difficult to handle like other forms of migraines, but this condition is considered to be the disorder with the widest scope.

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Ways to Deal With Your Migraine - Migraine Home Remedy

People who suffer from migraine will never be able to explain to others how exactly their pain is especially when no other pain can compare to it. Experiencing a bad migraine pain, people are forced to lye in bed with their shades pulled on as they could never stand the view of light, even if it is cloudy outside.

Being one of the migraine sufferers you will be in desperate need to find remedies to this awful affliction. There are many solutions that one can find to reduce these painful headaches, some of them being even capable of eliminating the terrible effects.

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There is no time or no migraine headache to let you know when they are going to strike. They happen more often in women and when they do, they let the patient suffer so horrible that the sufferers are incapable of doing anything else but lye in bed.

Ways to Deal With Your Migraine - Migraine Home Remedy

Once the migraine has installed, some factors can add up to make this pain worse, such as noise, light and in others, even the smell. Therefore migraine patients will seek to dark themselves away from light and noise, spending their time in a dark and quite room.

The chronic migraines are very often prescribed medication and it is administered in accordance with the doctor's recommendation. This medication is often taken on daily basis to prevent the migraine from manifesting. But if you count among these people, and are not very impressed on the solution of taking medication on daily basis you should look for home remedy especially designed for migraines.

There is for instance the migraine prevention program that incorporates the home remedies. This program relates to a healthy diet (rich in veggies, fruits, lean proteins, whole grains) along with a regular regime of physical training. Migraine is more often thought of a way through which our body tells that there is something wrong and therefore more care and attention should be paid for the body system's needs.

Along with all these diets there is also the need to properly hydrate yourself as long as dehydration is known to count among the factors that generates migraine's manifestation. This is why many experts recommend drinking at least 8 glasses of water per day, regardless what other liquids you consume.

Another reason that is known to lead to migraine expression is lacking the normal sleeping hours. Sleeping at least 7 hours per night you will be able to eliminate the stress accumulated over the day. Remember that stress can be a good enough reason to get you into a migraine, therefore try and reach for practicing meditation, ways of relaxation and some of yoga techniques that are known to function for migraine suffering.

A last piece of advice as a home remedy for migraine: try to figure out what exactly triggers these migraines and avoid these factors from happening again in the future. In this way you can make sure that step by step you will prevent these migraines from manifesting.

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Should Migraine Sufferers Cure Headaches With Caffeine?

If you've never experienced a migraine headache, consider yourself lucky.

According to the 2007 American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention survey, about 17.1% of women and 5.6% of men suffer from migraine headache symptoms like flashing lights, pins and needle sensations, and blinding, throbbing, and intense pain that is difficult to handle.

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However, many migraine sufferers swear that caffeine helps keep their migraine headaches away. In fact, many migraine suffers simply drink a caffeinated beverage at the first sign of a migraine headache. But does this work, and how?

Should Migraine Sufferers Cure Headaches With Caffeine?

Well, it can work. You see, caffeine actually causes the headache sufferer's blood vessels to contract, and since many migraine headaches are caused by enlarged blood vessels that press on the surrounding nerves, the headache goes away after the caffeine is ingested. In fact, many migraine sufferers experience relief within half an hour. Plus, the benefits can last for about five hours or more.

Although caffeine might seem like the perfect cure, one should realize that caffeine is a stimulative substance derived from a plant. It affects one's central nervous system and may cause agitation, nervousness, or elevated heart rate. In addition, when caffeine is coupled with sugary substances, it can cause high blood sugar and can actually bring on a rebound headache. Lastly, if one consumes four or more cups a day, they may find that they are at risk of an increase in their blood pressure.

Therefore, migraine sufferers should consider this when using caffeine to relieve their headache symptoms. Instead, migraine sufferers can avoid trigger foods like peanuts and peanut butter, beans, dried meats, and avocados, and significantly increase their magnesium levels, which can also help alleviate symptoms.

In conclusion, caffeine might help alleviate migraine headaches; however, one must consider the risks before utilizing this technique. Instead, they can avoid trigger foods and utilize magnesium to keep those migraine headaches at bay.

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Recognise Your Migraine Triggers

Many experts are still undecided on the reasons that cause a migraine attack. However there are many studies that suggest that the blood vessels in the brain change in size (dilate), which in turn stimulates the nerve sensors in the brain. A drop in the levels of a brain chemical called serotonin may also have some effect. The result can be a severe throbbing headache.

Although this is one of the many theories, it would be safe to say that there are many other factors that can trigger or worsen a migraine headache, which if you are unfortunate enough to be a sufferer of this debilitating condition, you can at least do something about preventing or finding some kind of relief from the throbbing pain by being aware of the numerous triggers.

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Some of the most common migraine triggers can be avoided, especially with a bit of common sense. Firstly it is important to find out what triggers your own migraine attacks as opposed to the general consensus of opinion. It is worth remembering that even the most common migraine triggers don't affect everybody the same way.

Recognise Your Migraine Triggers

To discover what your own particular migraine triggers are, it is vitally important to keep a record, either in a diary or just keep notes of what you were doing, where you were or the food you were eating prior to a migraine attack. This will then highlight the factors which trigger your migraine attacks.

Once you start to keep a diary and track these causes and triggers, you can then implement your own personal migraine relief plan and avoid those factors which can and will trigger a migraine attack. After a period of time you will notice that the migraine attacks will become less frequent.

Migraine Diet Triggers

Your diet can be a major contributor as a migraine trigger if you eat or drink the foods that are commonly known to be the trigger culprits.

Alcohol, especially Red wine and beer

Citrus fruits - oranges, grapefruit, lemons and surprisingly bananas

Aged or mature cheeses

Processed meats

Many of today's foods contain a number of additives, preservatives and chemicals including the natural substance of tyramine. MSG (monosodium glutamate) is another additive which is predominantly found in Chinese foods, frozen dinners and soup mix.

Too much caffeine can be a trigger, but also reducing your intake of caffeine too quickly can also be a trigger.

Environmental Triggers

Many sufferers don't realise that the environment in which they live and work may be one of the causes of their migraine attacks. These environmental factors can be a number of different elements, such as the weather (intense heat or intense cold), hot stuffy working conditions, loud noises, bright or flickering lights, strong smells, excessive use of a computer without a break to name but a few.

Other Triggers

Too little sleep (overtiredness) is often recognised as a migraine trigger, but also the opposite (too much sleep) can also be a problem.

Skipping or missing meals is not a substitute for dieting and in fact can have a detrimental effect not only by triggering a migraine but also your health.

Exercise in general is normally not an issue, but strenuous exercise if you are not used to it can be a factor in triggering a migraine attack.

For the many women who suffer from migraine, they usually find that their attacks quite often become worse during the time of their monthly period.

Emotional factors such as stress, anxiety and worry can also be triggers for a migraine attack.

Certain types of medicines are believed to be triggers for migraines, however if you think that they may be the cause, consult your Doctor first before you stop taking any medication.

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Migraine Headache Relief - Medications and Treatments That Will Effectively Relieve Migraines

There are millions of migraine sufferers all over the United States. If you are one of the people suffering from this neurological condition, you know how painful migraine attacks can be. In fact, they can be so painful that they can render you immobile for the whole day or even the whole week depending on the severity of your headache.

This is a very disabling disease that causes many companies with employees suffering from the condition to lose millions of dollars every year because of loss of productivity.

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Fortunately for you, there are now a wide range of treatments and medications available which can help you in preventing migraine attacks and even relieving the headaches once they attack.

Migraine Headache Relief - Medications and Treatments That Will Effectively Relieve Migraines

To treat yourself in your home, you can try using a frozen towel. Try to get a frozen towel handy in order for you to be prepared whenever you feel that a migraine attack is coming. All you need to do is wet the towel, squeeze it and place it inside the freezer for about 5 minutes. After that, place the towel on your head and your eyes. You will see that this will be able to provide relief from the pounding pain you will experience during an attack.

You may want to lie down on a quiet and dark room and try getting some sleep. This will help relieve the headache pain. You can also massage yourself on the head or get someone to massage your head.

NSAIDs are also very effective in reducing the severity of attacks. The doctor will also be able to prescribe you some prescription pain medication which can effectively prevent migraine attacks before it happens.

All in all, knowing about the triggers of migraine attacks will be able to help you manage the disease very well. By knowing about the triggering factors, you will be able to avoid such situations and help you prevent migraine from happening to you. These are the things that you should remember about migraine attacks and the available treatments and mediations to relieve the pain.

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Basilar Migraine - Not Just Another Migraine

Basilar migraine or basilar artery migraine as it is sometimes called, is one of those atypical headaches that can have frightening symptoms. This pain is unlike usual migraines. The pain is usually severe, throbbing at localized at the back of the head. It may be accompanied by severe vertigo (the sense that the room is spinning), difficulty walking and most commonly, visual disturbances.

Now what is meant by visual disturbances? Well, just about anything from blurry vision to blindness. This is caused by the fact that the basilar artery, where the problem is happening, is located in the back of the head. This artery feeds blood and oxygen to the back of the brain where the visual centers are located..if you have a problem in that area it definitely affects your vision.

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Other common migraine headache symptoms may also occur such as nausea, vomiting and having the light and sounds bother you. Rarer symptoms are jerking movements of the eyes, ringing in the ears and loss of consciousness. Severe vertigo is quite common and can be disabling.

Basilar Migraine - Not Just Another Migraine

Why Is This Serious? A basilar migraine can increase the risk of stroke. Although a neurovascular condition like all other migraines, one of the problems is that aneurysms (an out-pouching of the artery) may occur in this area.

If caught, aneurysms are generally followed with more imaging such as a CT angiogram which gets a much better look at it. Surgery is recommended to "clip" it when it gets to a certain size. For cerebral aneurysms the limit is usually 10mm although some surgeons have told me they will do the procedure on a smaller one if the patient has neurological symptoms.

Testing For Basilar Migraine If you present to a doctor with the symptoms of basilar migraine, unfortunately since it mimics a stroke so closely, be prepared for a bit of a full work up to rule out stroke. This most probably will include an MRI or CT of the brain right away and possibly an MRA to look at the arteries of the brain. Again this would not only find a stroke but also find an aneurysm. A full examination including some testing for vertigo and hearing (if necessary) should be performed.

If the doctor is suspicious about possible seizures (they sometimes present with vertigo and headache) then an EEG is necessary. This is just a study to look at the electrical waves in the brain and involves wearing some scalp electrodes and getting your hair messed up!

Treatment Once a stroke has been ruled out, treatment is pretty straight forward. If the headache is disabling and occurs a couple of times a month, then you need to be on daily therapy for awhile, perhaps a few months to a year.

While many preventative medications for migraine are familiar to most headache sufferers, the drug of choice for this type of headache is verapamil taken once or twice a day. If you cannot take this medication, a beta-blocker such as Inderal is a good choice also.

If an attack does occur, most people can manage it well with a small dose of a pain killer. Many people also wonder why they cannot take their usual medications for migraine but unfortunately, all triptans such as Imitrex, are contra-indicated for this.

Take heart! New treatments and research are always coming up. This issue may change in the future with more research.

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Herbs That Help With Migraine

There are so many people that take aspirin or anti-inflammatory agents to make a headache to subside only to see it remain in its throbbing clarity. This has made many suffer needlessly as there are a number of simple solutions.

The most common is that migraines can be triggered by outside stimuli such as caffeine, cigarette smoke, pollen, or stress. Sometimes the elimination of this can prevent future migraines, if at all possible. Although this may work for some, it is not the proven solution.

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The best solution for those that prefer natural solutions or that has a sensitive stomach though are three solutions that have been effective. One solution has been in the consumption of almonds as they have many of the properties that are in aspirin themselves. This is a simple solution for a number of people, but still there is the delay of the body having to digest the nut which can take up to ten hours before the effects can be fully felt.

Herbs That Help With Migraine

If the migraine is brought on through menopause citrus fruits and also cucumbers have been proven to be effective in minimizing them. In many cases this is due to the vitamins that are introduced into the body that the body is requiring.

Perhaps the one natural remedy that has been the most effective is feverfew. It can help a great deal with migraines, although it is best when taken as the migraine is just surfacing. It has had a long road of success in the elimination of migraines and also helping those that have an allergy to aspirin or to anti-inflammatory agents. It has been seen as one of the older herbs in the vast annuls of history and one that has proven to be the best solution to migraines.

Feverfew has been seen to have a positive impact, as it is able to lessen the spasms within the brain that create migraines. In many herbal circles and in natural medicine it has been recommended to take feverfew on a regular basis. This has been something that even the modern medicinal world has begun to agree with as feverfew is one of the herbs that has shown to have more benefits than just curing the migraine.

One of the newer solutions that feverfew has presented itself for is that it has been discovered to be the key agent that can cause cell death in leukemia. This has opened many practitioners of medicine to the simple white flowering herb that has been used for centuries to eliminate the migraine and other similar ailments.

Granted, the additional advantages that feverfew has shown have given it appeal, but the fact that it is the most effective remedy to the migraine has still made it a herb that has gained a higher level of respect among the masses. Since it has been able to cure not just migraines, but also the severely acute migraines as well has only proven that this is an herb that stands out. This is a claim that even modern medicine has yet to fully lay on a drug or cure.

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Natural Migraine Relief Using Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbs

Many people in our modern society rely on pills for every ache and pain they encounter. Some say this is due to the widespread use of illegal drugs that began in the 1960's. Whether or not that is so, it is true that pharmaceutical companies are making great amounts of money through the sale of prescription drugs. Many of those drugs are being used for migraine relief.

Natural migraine relief using vitamins, minerals, and herbs is, to some, a better route. These migraineurs would rather not put chemicals into their bodies unless absolutely necessary. Just as they want no chemicals added to the soil or the air around them, they want to rely on natural migraine relief.

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What to Try

Natural Migraine Relief Using Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbs

If you choose natural migraine relief using vitamins, minerals, and herbs, you will want to consider the following possibilities.

1. Vitamin B2: Also known as riboflavin, vitamin B2 is said to produce dramatic migraine relief. In a 3-month study of 55 people with migraine headaches, it was found that riboflavin can make a significant difference in the number of migraines you have and the length of each attack. This double-blind, placebo-controlled study found that a daily dose of about 400 mg. of vitamin B2 over a period of 2 months or more gave remarkable migraine relief. Most of those who participated in this study saw the number of their migraines decrease by about 50 percent. The total number of days they suffered migraine also went down by 50 percent. While a larger study is needed, these results are encouraging to those who want natural migraine relief using vitamins, minerals, and herbs alone.

2. 5-HTP (5-Hydroxytryptophan): 5-HTP (a natural supplement) is not found in appreciable amounts in food. This supplement is manufactured from the seeds of an African plant, the scientific name of which is Griffonia simplicifolia. The supplement 5-HTP works, at least in part, by raising serotonin levels. Since the body uses 5-HTP to make serotonin, it is thought that providing the body with 5-HTP might raise serotonin levels. In a 6-month trial of 124 people, a daily dose of 600 mg. of 5-HTP proved just as effective as the standard migraine relief drug, methysergide. The most impressive benefits were decreases in the intensity of migraine, and decreases in how long the migraine lasted. Since earlier studies proved that methysergide was better than a placebo for migraine headaches, this scientific study gives meaningful evidence that 5-HTP is also effective. Those who are seeking natural migraine relief using vitamins, minerals, and herbs may want to try this supplement.

3. Magnesium: In the realm of minerals, magnesium is a promising natural for migraine relief. Magnesium occurs naturally in many of our foods: fish, nuts, seeds, soybeans, whole grains, and vegetables. The effectiveness of magnesium for migraine relief has been the subject of several studies. In one study, 81 people with migraine headaches received either a daily dose of 600 mg. of magnesium or a placebo. At the end of the 9-week study, those taking magnesium daily found they had nearly 50 percent fewer headaches. The placebo group had a reduction of just under 16 percent. Similar studies indicate that magnesium reduces not only the frequency of migraine headaches, but also the seriousness of the attacks. More studies are needed, but magnesium is thought to help prevent blood vessel spasms. You may want to try this mineral for migraine relief.

4. Butterbur: Migraine relief in children is often effected with this herb. As reported in a 2005 issue of "Headache" regarding migraine, butterbur gives migraine relief. Of several studies done, the largest involved 245 people. Over a period of 4 months, these migraineurs took either a placebo or a twice-daily 50-75 mg. dose of butterbur extract. At the end of the study, it was found that the larger dose of butterbur gave greater migraine relief than the placebo. Side effects were mild, making this an option to consider for natural migraine relief.

5. Feverfew: Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is one herb that has provided natural migraine relief for many centuries, or so people have believed. Feverfew relieves pain and has an anti-inflammatory effect. It treats migraine by inhibiting the platelets' release of blood vessel-dilating substances. It also inhibits the production of inflammatory substances. The scientific community has run several studies to evaluate feverfew's effectiveness in giving migraine relief. One study involving 170 people offered either a placebo or a feverfew extract for migraine relief. Those who took feverfew were found to have significantly fewer migraine headaches per month than those taking the placebo. The frequency with feverfew decreased by 1.9 migraines; with the placebo by 1.3 migraines. It is important for you to know that not every study indicates that feverfew is effective. Results are mixed.

CAUTION: Before relying on natural migraine relief using vitamins, minerals, and herbs, seek the advice of a qualified health care provider. These natural remedies are not for everyone. Feverfew, for example, may interact with blood-thinning medications and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs).

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Silent Migraine - Medical Tests for Eye Migraine

When you hear anyone say migraine, the first thing that comes to the mind is the headache. It is the most common symptom of the migraine. Modern science has achieved great information about the different medical conditions and disorders.

Physicians think that migraine headache is a complex disorder. It has been found that in many migraine attacks, the headache is not experienced by the sufferer. Eye migraine is the term used to refer to a migraine without a headache, and most doctors call it as without headache migraine aura. The attacks of the silent migraine are common although its name sound unusual for many people. Other names for it are silent, visual and ocular migraine.

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Ladies are less prone to have this silent migraine than males. And it occurs later in patients' life. The most common symptoms of the silent migraine are the aura or the visual disturbances. The sufferer sees flashing lights and zigzag lines. Other physical symptoms include numbness and tingling sensations. If this aura lasts for more than one hour, it is likely that another disorder may be the reason.

Silent Migraine - Medical Tests for Eye Migraine

Absence of the headache makes the eye migraine tricky to spot as its episodes and symptoms are similar to other disorders. There is a condition of the patient who was having silent migraine but was told that he had a detached dementia.

Normal migraine patients have been known to have eye migraine from time to time. The advantage of this patient is that they can be able to identify these symptoms' attacks. When the first symptoms of the eye migraine start after the 40 age, the factor may most likely be not eye migraine and some other disorders. Medical tests and scans are needed to be identification certain such as:

1- Cardiovascular test

2- MRI scans

3- Eye exam

4- Blood test

5- CT scans

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Identifying Your Migraine Triggers

A migraine can be triggered by many different factors which at first are not apparent to every sufferer of such a debilitating condition. Identifying those potential migraine triggers can be a very important step in helping to reduce and relieve possible attacks. These factors can be anything, from environmental, dietary, or physiologic issues, all which in turn can easily induce migraine activity within the brain.

Environmental triggers

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The many types of environmental triggers include things like odours, bright lights, noise. Pains and aches that develop in the head and neck will trigger a migraine. The most widespread of which are neck injuries, pains from the jaw area, and sinus pain. It is also believed that the changes in weather can have affect on at least 40% of migraine sufferers. However the connection with regards to weather changes as a trigger for migraines is still not fully understood.

Identifying Your Migraine Triggers

Food triggers

There are certainly numerous potential food triggers for migraine. Countless lists of foods that might bring about the triggering of a migraine can readily be located on the internet. Usually, these types of food belong to two main categories:

1) Aging food by-products.

2) Foods that contain certain chemicals.

Aging food by-products tend to be found in fermented products like red wine, aged cheeses, and yeast in fresh bread and yogurt. Foods with chemicals that may aggravate a migraine are coffee, chocolate, MSG (monosodium glutamate), and the nitrates used as preservatives in numerous prepackaged foods. Food triggers are certainly not the effect of an allergy, but are more than likely the direct reaction to chemicals in the food..

There is a popular myth that when an individual is sensitive to a specific type of food, they usually know it, simply because they have migraine symptoms inside an hour of eating that type of food in question. In reality, some effects can come right away or in some cases many days later. To add to this confusion the fact is that quite a few real food triggers probably won't cause a migraine alone, but only in conjunction with other probable triggers, which collectively may trigger an attack of migraine headache or symptoms. For instance, some migraine sufferers can eat chocolate or red wine alone with no problem, but will suffer a migraine attack if chocolate and red wine are consumed at the same time. It is recommend that any initial migraine diet plan firstly avoids only the most common migraine triggers. If a migraine doesn't subside within a few weeks, it may well be advisable to consider a more comprehensive migraine diet plan that eliminates all potential migraine triggers. This may take up to 10 weeks before there is any response from the diet plan.

Physiological triggers

Stress is perhaps considered one of the most common types of migraine triggers. Studies show that sufferers complain of an increase in their symptoms when stress, fatigue, or if lack of sleep is prevalent.

Other stress related triggers can be hunger, exercise and even pain. There is also the possibility that a migraine can be triggered from over-sleeping. Hormone changes are another trigger especially around the time of a period or after menopause

Eye strain is often overlooked as a migraine related trigger, however it is not uncommon especially if the sufferer has not had an eye examination. It could be that there is a need for glasses or their current prescription may need up-dating.

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What Is a Ocular Migraine? The Symptoms and Triggers Of Ocular Migraine

Ocular Migraine, also known as Ophthalmic migraine and retinal migraine is a very common form of migraine that is often painless, yet can be very distressing.

Ocular symptoms may include visual problems such as an 'aura'. This is a white flashing light that pulses in the visual field. Strange visual disturbances can occur or a scotoma or small blind spot. This may or may not be accompanied by a headache. Other visual migraine symptoms of an ocular migraine may be flickering lights around the scotoma, or a zigzagging line inside the blind spot. For some they may experience pain on one side of the head, usually a throbbing pain, but others may only experience the disturbed migraine vision. It is known for it's one-eye disturbances and can involve total blindness in one eye.

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• Cause of Ocular Attack?

What Is a Ocular Migraine? The Symptoms and Triggers Of Ocular Migraine

Even if pain is not experienced during an ocular migraine, the reasons for the cause of the attack are the same. The inflammation of the blood vessels and nerves that surround the brain changes the blood flow which contributes to the visual migraine symptoms.

An Ocular migraine attack can last from as little as a few seconds to up to half an hour. The visual disturbances a person sees can be very disturbing and often disorientating. There is however, no lasting or permanent damage to the eye. Although this is the case, anyone experiencing a visual migraine should always consult a doctor as there are other conditions that can cause visual disturbances.

• Dangers

Since someone who is having an migraine attack can suffer considerable visual impairment, it is advisable to be aware of when an attack is coming on and take precautions to ensure your safety. This is particularly important when driving, crossing the road or using machinery. It is always best to stop what you are doing until the attack passes. As some people can temporarily become blind in one eye.

• Cause of Ocular Migraine?

Despite much medical research and technological advancements the cause of ocular migraine is still unknown. However, it is well known that certain triggers can bring on an attack of any type of migraine including ocular migraine. Such triggers include, stress, fatigue, alcohol and smoking. Some foods can trigger an attack, caffeine, cheese, chocolate and citrus fruit have all been linked to migraine attacks. Even certain smells such as perfume can bring on an attack. Flashing or flickering lights can also trigger an attack.

• Diary Keeping

It is for this reason that it is well worth keeping a diary if you are a frequent migraine sufferer. Recording when you have an attack and what happened or what you have eaten prior to an attack can be very useful in managing your own ocular migraine attacks and limiting them.

• Eye Exercises

One suggested way to minimize the recurrence of ocular migraines is by practicing eye exercises. This is especially useful for those who do a lot of close up work or spend long periods of time on the computer. Roll your eyes up and down and then from side to side. This helps to stretch the muscles in the eyes.

Often when ocular migraine sufferers only experience attacks infrequently, medication may not be prescribed. However, if you suffer severe pain with the attack there are many good painkillers to deal specifically with migraine pain.

• Remedy

Many people who have an migraine attack may not realize it is a migraine, especially if they suffer no pain that is associated with migraines. Fortunately, ocular migraines are mostly harmless. Resting and waiting until the symptoms have passed is really the only remedy once one has started.

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An Effective Migraine Diet Plan

Many sufferers of migraine attacks are probably unaware that their diet may be a contributing factor in triggering such attacks.

Migraine sufferers react in two different ways to the type of foods they eat. The first is they can react to certain chemicals found in a number of foods and secondly there is normal food intolerance.

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The issue with such food reactions are that they can surface from 1½ to at least 12 hours after consumption. With this in mind it's worth keeping a diary or note to record what has been eaten prior to a migraine attack and then the offending foods that trigger migraine attacks can be eliminated from any future diet plan, because those who suffer from migraines tend to react to different foods, an effective individual migraine diet plan therefore is essential.

An Effective Migraine Diet Plan

Modern day lifestyles can have an impact on many people's diets. There is certainly a tendency to buy pre-packaged foods from the supermarkets because it's easier than preparing a fresh meal. What is forgotten though is that processed foods and pre-packaged foods contain additives and preservatives, not forgetting the natural substance tyramine which is found in many foods. All these preservatives and additives can and will trigger migraine attacks.

An effective migraine diet plan should be a must for those who suffer from migraines where the probable triggers are caused by a dietary issue. A well-balanced and healthy diet, will not only help reduce the possibility of a migraine attack, but will also give the extra benefit of overall health. A diet plan does not mean skipping meals or fasting, because in reality this is a potential migraine trigger with some people, so eating regularly is also well advised.

A diet plan should consist of mainly freshly prepared foods such as meat, poultry, fish and of course fresh fruit and vegetables.

Foods that most definitely should NOT be even considered as part of any migraine diet plan are those which contain tyramine, a natural substance found predominantly in foods and drinks such as mature cheese, processed or cured meats, caffeine (coffee, tea, cola), citrus fruit and bananas, alcohol (red wine & beer).

Another food additive to steer clear of is MSG (monosodium glutamate) mainly found in Chinese foods, pizza, chips and soups.

Exercise can also play a major part in a effective migraine diet plan, although there can be some mixed reaction depending on the individual. Exercise in some cases, especially excessive exercise can produce headaches, however in other cases lack of exercise has the same result. Yet again it's worth keeping a note on what works and what doesn't.

Finally the important things to remember about implementing an effective migraine diet plan are:

Know your triggers Eat on regular basis Don't miss out on meals. Take light exercise

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Natural Options For Migraine Headache Treatment

Nearly a quarter of the U.S. population suffers from severe and debilitating headache, and while there are a number of pharmaceutical remedies for them, a growing number of people want a natural option for migraine headache treatment.

People of all races and genders experience them, although they are more prevalent among women. Migraine headaches are extremely painful, and cause a great deal of lost productivity and diminished quality of life. A large number sufferers report missed work and a need for bed rest as a result of their condition. It's no wonder that pain relief is a multi-million dollar business.

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When Drugs Are Shunned

Natural Options For Migraine Headache Treatment

For many, however, drugs are not the treatment of choice. Some folks have allergies, others have concerns about the ethics of big drug companies, while others find that alternative medicine such as acupuncture or herbal remedies are a better choice for them. Fortunately, there are a number of natural remedies for migraine headaches that are extremely effective.

There's been considerable growth in natural therapies in recent years as the general public has become more accepting of their efficacy, especially when it comes to pain relief.

Aromatherapy is one of the most popular treatments. It uses the scent given off by mixing or warming essential oils and gentle massage. Some common oils used in aroma therapy for headaches are peppermint, sandalwood, eucalyptus and lavender.

Another one way to use aromatherapy to treat a migraine is to add a few drops of lavender oil to warm water. Then make a compress by dipping a soft cloth into the water and apply it to your head or neck. The aroma from the compress will help to relax you and relieve your headache.

Massage and acupressure are also a great natural ways to get ease the pain of a migraine. A trained massage therapist can pinpoint and relax key pressure points that will help ease your discomfort. Most states require massage therapists to be licensed or certified, so make sure you check your therapist's credentials as a poorly-trained therapist can actually make your condition worse.

Feverfew is an herb that has traditionally been used in the treatment of migraine headaches. In fact, feverfew is one of the most popular alternatives to pharmaceutical drugs for treating headaches. The efficacy of feverfew in the relief of pain caused by migraines has been backed by research. A recent study has shown that a majority of people treated by feverfew report a reduced incidence of migraine headaches.

Magnesium is another head ache treatment that is backed by scientific studies. Magnesium is an essential mineral, and can be found in a variety of foods, including leafy green vegetables and nuts or it can be taken as a dietary supplement. Recent studies show that headache sufferers taking magnesium reported fewer and less severe attacks than a control group.

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Stop Migraine Pains Now

The comforts and convenience of the modern world has ironically, transformed the lives of millions of people into a living hell. And it's all because of migraine - a widespread disorder that currently affects over 120 million people worldwide.

As cities become more industrialized, they become the home of many migraine sufferers, owing to the high levels of tension, stress, excessive smoking and drinking, and other "evils" of the modern world. At present, an average of 1.4 million migraine attacks is reported yearly. Sadly, 46 percent of "migraineurs" said their doctors don't understand them and 31 percent believe they can't be helped.

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That feeling was probably shared by our forefathers who desperately tried everything - from prayers to magic spells - to get rid of migraine. To ease the throbbing headache, Stone Age men drilled holes into the skull (a practice called trepanning or trephining) to release "evil spirits" that were supposedly causing the pain.

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Noted migraine sufferers include the likes of painters Vincent van Gough and Claude Monet. French writer Guy de Maupassant complained that there were days he wanted to "stick a bullet" in his head. Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, couldn't attend school because of migraine while American basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who almost missed a game because of migraine, said he felt like there was an "alien inside my head, trying to get out my eyes."

Fortunately, you don't have to suffer any longer. While the cause of migraine remains as elusive as ever, it led to the invention of several helpful drugs. There are two types of migraine medications - pain relievers and preventive medications. Pain relievers are taken during migraine attacks while preventive medicines are taken regularly to reduce the severity and frequency of attacks.

"Choosing a strategy to manage your migraines depends on the frequency and severity of your headaches, the degree of disability your headaches cause, and your other medical conditions. You may be a candidate for preventive therapy if you have two or more debilitating attacks a month, if you use pain-relieving medications more than twice a week, if pain-relieving medications aren't helping, or if your migraine signs and symptoms include a prolonged aura or numbness and impaired movement on one side of your body," according to the Mayo Clinic.

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The Migraine Relief Review

Living with the daily pain of migraines can really put a halt on your life. It can keep you in bed with the curtains drawn and living in the dark. You have probably made trip after to trip to your doctor only to get the same prescriptions time and time again and nothing seems to truly help. Now that your research has led you here to The Migraine Relief, you are about to get your life back. You are about to discover a method that will let you sleep at night and live your life during the day.

1. What Exactly Is The Migraine Relief All About?

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For a migraine suffer it can seem as though your life is falling apart at the seams and there is no hope in sight. You are on the doorstep of a program that will safely and naturally get rid of your migraine pain permanently known as The Migraine Relief System. There are steps that you need to take in order to figure out what is causing your migraines in the first place. This is the first step in treating your migraines and getting rid of all of the medications that you are currently taking just so you can make it through part of the day before the pain comes back again.

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2. Taking The Right Steps.

Before you can begin the road to treatment you need to take the necessary steps to start your treatment. Your doctor may have told you about migraines but he may not have explained what brings them on and causes them. It is also important to know the migraine type that you have so that you can treat it. There is a way for you to be able to overcome your migraine before it overcomes you and The Migraine Relief System is going to show you the exact steps to make it happen. This is all of the answers that you have been seeking since you started getting migraines and no answers to your questions. Your time is now to start living your life once again and enjoying it the way you should free of pain and discomfort.

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What Are Migraine Headaches

Basically, there are headaches and there are migraine headaches. A simple headache is when your head aches - hence the name "headache". However migraines are so much more.

A standard head ache can be caused by almost anything from a head cold to eye-strain. However a "migraine-headache" can start as a slight pain but then develops to something much more. The pain can last for days. Some people even feel the room is spinning, and they can feel sick as well. Often the head feels as though it is throbbing with the pain. Another symptom is sensitivity to light and many people have to lie down in a quiet, dark room.

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No one really knows what causes headaches let alone migraine headaches. We do know that some people are more prone to them than others. Women seem more prone than men but they are common to both sexes. Neither are they limited to age groups as even children can have migraines.

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We also know that there are triggers but they vary from person to person. For some people it can be a food like cheese or chocolate or even any dairy products. Even hormonal imbalance can set them off (hence the large quota of women who can have them at certain times of the month). For some people, stress can be a trigger while for others too much or not enough sleep can set them off. Even climate or room temperature can affect some people, while others are affected by loud sounds and flashing lights.

For simple headaches, there are paracetamol and locally supplied remedies. However, the very nature of a migraine makes it much harder to treat. This is probably because once it has started it seems to get complicated as there are usually more than one symptom. There are herbal remedies for those who don't like taking medication but sometimes the only answer is to lie down until it passes.

Once migraines are present, most people will go to a doctor or even an optician, just to check there isn't an underlying cause that can be remedied. Once medical causes have been ruled out, many look at lifestyle and keep event diaries as well as food diaries to try and find any "triggers". The hope is that once a trigger has been found it can be avoided. We can all learn to take better care of our bodies.

There is a big need in these busy days to make time to listen to our bodies and slow down at times to give ourselves a rest. We don't really know enough about migraines to make hard and fast rules, but attention to lifestyle can make a lot of difference.

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Suffering From an Ocular Migraine?

You're sitting at your desk and suddenly begin to feel odd-a strange feeling behind your eyes and your head just doesn't feel quite right. You begin to notice that your eyesight seems a bit off and your balance isn't what it was a moment ago. What's happening? If you've had this sensation before, then you probably know what's coming. It's migraine time.

For the next several hours you're going to be in bed with a pillow over your eyes to block out the light and praying your kids don't come screaming in and bang on the bed because you're sure you just might throw up if they do. Migraines come in all shapes and sizes and this an ocular migraine. Did you know that you can have an ocular migraine? Ocular means just what you think it means-affecting your eyes in some manner It might not hurt as much as a full-blown migraine that causes you to be photo-sensitive (light hurts you) but it can be frightening if you've never experienced one before.

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Those who suffer from an ocular migraine say it's like having Christmas lights flashing in their eyes. Auras generally last 5 to 20 minutes and can give you things like vertigo (motion sickness or dizziness), imbalance, confusion or numbness; but most auras consist of visual disturbances such as partial vision loss, the appearance of 'special effects" and distortion of objects. Occasionally the visual effects are stunning, from flashing lights, complex color patterns and shapes (e.g., triangles and dots) to seeing floaters in your eyes. A floater is when they see tiny objects appearing to float across their eyes. An individual might also see shimmering or zig zag lines in the peripheral vision and blurriness in central vision. This obviously interferes with a person's normal daily routine. If you can't see well, you can't work and you most certainly cannot drive.

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Another kind of migraine occurs with an aura, but it only happens to one eye. Patients report that their vision is like looking through watery glass, or it has pieces or chunks missing from their visual field. Some say it's as though they're looking at an old television with very poor reception.

Although it's frightening, these ocular disturbances do not cause any permanent damage to a person's vision and these auras are generally followed by a migraine. If you have an ocular migraine, or aura or a visual disturbance of any kind, you need to see your doctor to rule out any other more dangerous problems that may be causing your auras.

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Eye Migraine - Reasons of the Silent Migraine

Eye migraine is a migraine form that is classified as the casual aura of migraine wherein the sufferer is experiencing visual disturbances' symptoms such as partial blindness, eye numbness, blurred vision, difficulty in distinguishing and hallucinations. These visual symptoms are called migraine aura. It occurs before the migraine symptoms begin to appear. Silent migraine can occur without a headache pain so it called an equivalent headache.

The causes of the silent migraine are similar to the normal migraine causes. It can be caused by the rapid narrowing and swelling of vessels of the blood. The blood cells can be clogged due to the excessive sections that produced by the nerve fiber in the brain. These brain reactions are due to the man involvement on several harmful thins such as the following:

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Reasons of the silent migraine:

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1- Lack of exercise

2- Irregular sleep

3- Emotional, physical or mental stress

4- Tensions and pressures

5- Hormonal changes

6- Engaging in stressful activities

7- Eating foods with mono sodium glutamate, tyramine and other preservatives

8- Frequent smoking and drinking

9- Bright lights

10- Loud sounds

11- Unbalanced diet

The silent migraine symptoms include auditory, natural, visual and sensory symptoms. The symptoms of the visual disturbances are events that affect the vision and occur in eyes. Sensory and auditory symptoms are those that affect the hearing and sensation capabilities of the patients. The eye migraine natural symptoms include fears, tensions and anxieties. The most common symptoms of the silent migraine are the aura.

There are many symptoms happen before the occurrence of the silent migraine includes: zigzag lines in the sight, flashing lights' appearance, blurredness, sighting blind spots, light sensitivity, visual hallucinations and eyeballs pain. Eye migraine also includes many auditory symptoms include hearing unusual voices and sounds. Other eye migraine symptoms include smelling strange scents, numbness feeling, weakness, unsteadiness, the feeling of being separated from the body, excessive saliva, gustatory hallucinations and inability to understand or speak.

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Common Phases of Migraine Disease and What You Can Do to Prolong the Migraine Free Phase

There are five common phases of Migraine disease that many migraineurs experience. Each phase carries unique characteristics. The five phases are the Migraine Prodrome, Migraine Aura, Migraine Headache, Migraine Postdrome, and the Migraine Free phase.

Not everyone suffering from Migraine disease will experience each phase or the specific symptoms mentioned in each phase. However, understanding these phases and their characteristics can support you in tracking and treating the specific symptoms that you do experience. This can in turn help you to head off a migraine attack before you reach the third stage which is the full blown migraine headache. Consider the following phases to help you map the progression of your own migraines and assist you in gaining greater control in your quest for migraine relief.

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Phases One and Two: The Warning Sign Phases

Common Phases of Migraine Disease and What You Can Do to Prolong the Migraine Free Phase

Phase One: Prodrome
This phase typically can last a couple of days before the migraine headache hits. Reportedly up to 60% of migraine sufferers experience this phase. This phase includes pre-migraine symptoms such as dizziness, fatigue, depression, irritability, confusion, sensitivity to sound and light, decreased appetite, increased frequency of urination, feeling abnormally cold, hyperactivity, constipation, and tightness in the neck and shoulders muscles.

Phase Two: Migraine Aura
Only about 20% of migraine sufferers experience migraine aura. This phase usually provides a very limited window of time before the migraine headache sets in. Most people who experience the migraine aura have about 20 minutes before the headache sets in. This phase typically includes visual disturbances such as seeing flashing lights and geometrical shapes that impede vision. It may also include hypersensitivity to touch, mental confusion, olfactory hallucinations, and even partial paralysis.

The prodrome phase can appear a few days before a migraine attack and thus can give you more time to fend off the attack. Treating your pre-migraine symptoms early on can be your best defense in avoiding phase 3 which the migraine headache. The migraine aura phase doesn't give you as much time to prepare for the migraine headache but in some cases it can signal you to reach for your migraine abortive medications before the pain sets in and therefore help you to decrease the intensity and longevity of the headache.

Phase Three: Migraine Headache
Characteristics of the headache phase include similar symptoms as in the prodrome phase such as dizziness, confusion, sensitivity to light and sound, feeling abnormally cold, constipation, diarrhea and also include extreme headache pain on one side of the head. This one-sided head pain can shift to the other side or also become bilateral. Other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, bulging veins in the temples, pale coloring in the face, sinus congestion or runny nose, anxiety, irritability and depression.

Phase three can feel a lot like an extreme version of phase one with additional symptoms such as the headache pain intensifying your experience.

Phase Four: Migraine Postdrome.
Many migraine sufferers often refer to this stage as the migraine hangover, and rightfully so. Symptoms of this phase include irritability, exhaustion, confusion, mood swings, and depression. Some migraine sufferers also report feelings of well-being or euphoria during this phase. Although the migraine headache has passed by phase four the postdrome period can last up to a few days before many migraineurs experience the sense of normalcy they had emotionally, mentally and physically before the first phase of migraine occurred.

Phase Five: Migraine Free
After postdrome there is a sense of normalcy that sets in. I like to refer to this phase as the Migraine Free Phase. This is the phase when you experience a reprieve from the symptoms of migraine that appear in phases 1-4. The duration of this phase differs from person to person. Some migraine sufferers may go weeks, months and years before another migraine episode. For others it may only be a matter of days before another migraine attack hits.

The ultimate objective is to remain in the migraine free phase for as long as possible. Although phase five carries much greater ease than the other four phases the sense of relief can diminish due to the fear and anxiety that many migraineurs experience worrying about when the next migraine will arrive. The fear and uncertainty can be so stressful that it brings you right back into the cycle of migraine. That is why it is so important to track your stress levels during this phase and create daily habits that support you in achieving physical, mental and emotional well-being.

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What Is A Silent Migraine?

There are different forms of migraines and one is called the silent type. If you have ever wondered what is a silent migraine, you are not alone, because many people have not heard of these. Also known as eye migraines or acephalgic migraines, these are attacks that do not include the painful headaches. This may sound strange but they are actually not that uncommon.

An aura is something that serves as a warning of, or accompanies, migraines. Auras include dizziness, seeing flashing lights or lines that are wavy or jagged, or experiencing blind spots. Auras often occur one hour before the headache appears and can last for between 15 and 60 minutes. Only about 20 to 30 percent of sufferers can count auras among their symptoms.

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People who experience chronic migraine symptoms such as these but never actually get the headache may be suffering from silent migraines. These tend to occur later during the lifetime and are more frequently experienced by men than women. For some, the list of symptoms includes numbness, ringing in the ears, slurred speech, and pain on the skin or face. With such a wide range of symptoms, it is very easy to misdiagnose silent migraines.

What Is A Silent Migraine?

Migraine help for silent migraines may involve doing nothing at all because the discomfort or pain is not severe. For others, migraine remedies include fast-acting pain relievers such as aspirin, especially the effervescent kind, nitroglycerin, or naproxen sodium. To prevent these migraines, people sometimes find calcium channel blockers or anti-seizure medication to be helpful.

The answer to what is a silent migraine varies depending on the aura being experienced. People who regularly experience these symptoms should consult with a physician to get an official diagnosis. The issue may not be troublesome or it may be quite painful but either way, it is important to have it addressed by a medical professional.

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