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The article is expertly consulted by Dr. Ton That Tri Dung - Head of Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine, Vinmec Danang International Hospital.Migraine is a neurological syndrome that originates from a disorder of the cerebrovascular system. The disease is caused by many symptoms such as fatigue, stress, tension, changes in hormone levels, inadequate eating, erratic... Besides, the change in weather is also an important cause of increasing the prevalence of diseases. increased migraine headaches in patients.
1. Learn about migraines
The incidence of migraine in women under 45 is 3 times higher than in men. The reason is because migraine headaches are closely related to hormonal changes in the body, specifically changes in the amount of the female sex hormone estrogen. According to research, up to 27.43% of women with migraine headaches are related to the menstrual cycle, the pain is more likely to appear at the beginning of puberty, the end of the menstrual cycle or perimenopause. terrible. The disease will decrease markedly during pregnancy and after 60 years of age.
Typical migraine symptoms include
The pain occurs on one side of the head, and changes position frequently, rarely immobilizing one side. The pain is usually located in the temples, forehead, and pain in the back of the neck is rarer. The pain lasts from 4 to 72 hours; The pain level increases gradually, especially with movement. In addition, the patient may be accompanied by other symptoms such as nausea or fear of light, fear of noises, cold hands and feet, sometimes seeing transient symptoms (seeing zigzag lines, visual hallucinations or loss of vision). temporary vision). Migraine is a genetic disease, people whose parents or relatives have migraine symptoms have a higher risk of developing the disease than other subjects.
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2. Migraine is often confused with what disease?
Migraine headaches are often confused with sinusitis, especially frontal sinusitis because they have many similar symptoms, typically a local headache, accompanied by prolonged fatigue.
However, the patient can distinguish the two by determining the location of the pain:
Migraine : Migraine patients will experience pain along one side of the head, which can be left or right, When you put your hand on your temple, there is a feeling of jerking pain, pain with each pulse in the blood circulation. In addition, migraine pain also manifests as intermittent pain, each attack can last from 4 to 72 hours, the intensity of the pain increases gradually, at the temples as if there are blood vessels pulsing under the skin. The pain may also increase with movement and when the pain goes away the patient feels relief.
Sinusitis : And sinusitis will cause migraine pain often at the location of the sinuses. The pain caused by the symptoms of sinusitis, the patient does not have pain and the pain will often last.
Migraine headache is a common disease but it is easy to confuse it with many other diseases. Accordingly, the wrong diagnosis can increase the risk of complications, wrong treatment regimen. Therefore, when there are signs of chronic migraine that do not go away, patients should go to medical facilities with neurology for examination, early diagnosis of disease status and effective treatment regimens.
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