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A large number of us use the word Migraine in case of common headaches. But all the headaches are not migraine. Here I put  some information and hope will be useful to you.

What Really A Migraine Is?

A migraine headache is the result of specific physiological changes that occur within the brain and lead to the characteristic pain and associated symptoms of a migraine.

A migraine is actually linked with sensibility of light, surrounded sound and smell. A migraine headache often entangle only one side of head and often the both side of head. Sometimes The pain of migraine is described as troubling and pounding.

In some cases, patients experience specific warning symptoms. The patients may experience a blind spot or an flashing light on one corner of their eye.

What causes migraine?

The actual cause of migraine is not known yet. But there may be instability in particular neurotransmitters and chemical imbalance in the brain. That changes may predispose patients to develop migraine.

What triggers migraines?

There are many things that pointed as migraine trigger. Some hormones, some kind of oral contraceptives triggers migraines. Multifarious food like red wine, smoked meat ,Monosodium glutamate, artificial sweeteners, chocolate and even dairy products have been marked as trigger of migraine. Barometric pressure also is a trigger of it.

What is the treatment for migraines?

There are several medicines or treatments for migraine headaches. The treatment depends on how long and how many times patient suffers headache per day. The treatment of an acute migraine headache is different from other headache  medicines. Some patients take Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen as prescription  medication. The medicine Triptans (Rizatriptan, Sumatriptan, Zolmitriptan, Naratriptan, Eletriptan, Almotriptan and Frovatriptan) is amazingly effective on acute migraine. But not all the patients can use those as treatment.

There are several kind of migraine headaches and the treatment is also different from each. Botox injection is efficacious for the patients who suffer 15 headache days in a month.