Treating Migraines: More Ways to Fight the Pain

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Treating Migraines: More Ways to Fight the Pain
 

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Thought there was no hope for treating your migraine headaches? Don’t give up.

Adults who don’t tolerate migraine drugs well might find relief from a prescription device. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed the marketing of two such prescription devices: the Cerena Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator and the Cefaly transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device. Both devices have been shown in clinical studies to be effective and pose minimal risks and side effects when used according to their labeling.

Migraine headaches are characterized by intense pulsing or throbbing pain in one area of the head accompanied by nausea and/or vomiting and sensitivity to light and sound. A migraine can last four to 72 hours when untreated. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 12 percent of Americans (about 37 million people) have migraines. These debilitating headaches affect children and adults, and women are three times more likely to have migraines than men (about 18 percent of women have migraines).

https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm414707.htm

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Patient education: Migraine headaches in adults (Beyond the Basics)

Authors
    Zahid H Bajwa, MD
    R Joshua Wootton, MDiv, PhD

Section Editor
    Jerry W Swanson, MD, MHPE

Deputy Editor
    John F Dashe, MD, PhD

MIGRAINE HEADACHE OVERVIEW

Headaches can be quite debilitating, although the vast majority are not due to life-threatening disorders. Approximately 90 percent of headaches are caused by one of three syndromes (table 1):

●Migraine headache

●Tension-type headaches

●Cluster headaches

This article discusses migraine headaches in adults. Other types of headaches are discussed separately. (See "Patient education: Headache causes and diagnosis in adults (Beyond the Basics)" and "Patient education: Headache treatment in adults (Beyond the Basics)".)

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/migraine-headaches-in-adults-beyond-the-basics?view=print

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What is a migraine aura?
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An aura is a set of sensory symptoms individuals may experience before a migraine begins, explains Mayo Clinic. Auras often involve visual warning signs, such as flashes of light, blind spots or floating zigzag lines. A person may also experience facial or hand numbness or temporary speech disturbances. Continue Reading
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https://www.reference.com/health/migraine-aura-bb997f40edb6cc1c?qo=cdpArticles#

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What is a migraine aura?
      
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Would it create more discussion if you combined these different articles on the same topic into one thread instead of separating them?  I don't understand the purpose in picking one topic but making multiple threads at nearly the same time.

I used to suffer rather severely from Migraines several times a year over a couple decades.  A back injury caused me to get full spinal x-rays.  Bone "spurs" growing on my neck vertebrae from an old "minor" injury turned out to be the cause. 

Basic chiropractic treatment, combined with stretching exercise completely eliminated the pressure problems.  I haven't had the problem in over a decade. 

I had reached the point where I was hiding in closets due to extreme sensitivity to light and sound during a bad "outbreak" a few times a year.  Now it is hard to even write about the topic without an overwhelming desire to stretch around my neck.

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A few people I know had their Migraines relieved by Chiropractors in just a treatment or two.  I was skeptical until I had the same experience with headaches after a car wreck many, many years ago.

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I had one a few years ago, exactly as described. Was pretty shocking.