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MIGRAINE
by Dr. Rajesh Shah
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Frequent attacks of headache, migraine or non-migraine variety, have proved to be a pain
in neck not only for the patients who have it, but also for the physicians who treat them.
In this small write-up, we shall limit discussion to the migraine headache.
What is migraine headache?
Well,
migraine headache has been described as an episodic, paroxysmal headache, usually but not
necessarily affecting one side of the head; which may or may not be associated with
giddiness, nausea, vomiting or visual impairment. The painful episode of migraine is
usually intense and lasting for half an hour to over a couple of days.
The Cause: How does it occur?
The
exact cause often remains unknown. It has been proved that migraine is a vascular
disorder. Due to some triggering factors, varying from person to person, there is some
kind of vasoconstriction and vasodilatation of the branches of the carotid artery ( the
major neck blood vessel) which leads to typical throbbing and congestive attack of
headache.
While the exact causation in unknown, it has been observed in practice that migraine is
often psychosomatic in origin. There are migraine personality and we have observed in a
study of a series of migraine patients at our center, that, there is also a common thread
in the migraine personality type.
Many independent studies at various institutes have also shown that most migraine sufferers
show one or many of the following behavioral patter : conscientiousness, fastidiousness,
rigidity of views, constant conflict between the environment and self, high level of
expectation.
Migraine sufferers are more females than males. However, we are observing a shift. Often
observed to be running in the family, showing hereditary links.
The symptomatology of migraine:
Migraine
headache is a subjective experience. The commonly described pain is typically throbbing,
bursting, hammering, or shattering. The pain might start on one side or a spot on the head
and spreading to any other place. Ocular areas often affected. The pain is usually severe,
intense and tends to be associated with nausea, giddiness and generalized sense of
malaise. Many patients feel relieved if there is vomiting.
The episodes of pain are periodic, may be weekly, daily , fortnightly, monthly or
irregular.
Migraine and other similar
headaches:
Migraine
headache should be differentiated from other similar painful conditions where the headache
could be due to high blood pressure, sinusitis, Trigeminal neuralgia, temporal arteritis,
tension headache, etc. A good clinician can help the patient arrive to a correct
diagnosis.
Homoeopathic treatment for
Migraine:
Migraine has been believed to be an obstinate condition to
treat. However, it is a common experience of the
practitioners of homoeopathic system of medicine that
migraine is curable.
What is homoeopathic approach to
migraine treatment ?
The
homoeopathic approach to the treatment of migraine patients is more individualistic. This
means, homoeopathy believes that migraine is a personality disorder and hence the
treatment should be determined only on the basis of in-depth study of the patients'
personality. This approach helps treating most cases of migraine successfully.
Homoeopathy
treatment is essentially safe and absolutely harmless, which may be taken along with any
other medicine, if required.
Many
parts of the world are still deprived of qualified and experienced practitioners of
homoeopathy. To help this limitation, we have designed a Long-distance Treatment Protocol
for migraine, allowing the patients anywhere-in-the-world to get themselves treated. |
