Hormonal Migraines

"A migraine is like a tornado, it attacks fast without any warning and wreaks havoc."

Migraines usually start during adolescence or early adulthood, affecting more women than men with a ratio of three to one. Migraines are caused by constriction (tightening) arteries that supply blood to the brain blood flow. When the flow in the arteries constrict blood, the brain is reduced and the supply of oxygen to the brain. The brain reacts by dilating (enlarging) to meet the needs of the arteries of the brain of energy. The dilation spreads to the arteries of the neck and scalp and is the cause of pain in migraine.

If you live with migraines, make sure to get your doctor to rule an underlying disease or other medical conditions that mimic migraines with the appropriate tests, for example, X-rays to determine the infection sinus, the EEG seizure or a scanner to detect blood clots or a brain tumor. Your doctor will determine a medication to help relieve your pain.

Eight Migraine Triggers

1. Headaches Cerviogentic:

Some people who have a tender neck and suffer from bone and joint pain are diagnosed with this type


2. Temporomandibular Migraine:

Triggered by teeth grinding


3. Migraine Sinus:

Triggered by allergies and caused by excessive mucous and often accompanied by fever. If you have this type of migraine you may experience pain in the eye and may also feel nauseated and sensitive to light.

4. Migraine Genetic

Studies have doubled in a gene for people with migraines. Often when the gene for migraine is transmitted to the next generation, the recipient will also experience headaches around the same age as the person spent on migraine.

5. Migraine Stress:

Stress can be a major contributing factor to the onset of a migraine. Type A personalities are more likely to experience migraines. Type A is ambitious, brilliant, perfectionist, emotionally repressed, cautious and has a reduced ability to manage stress. But it was the easiest type of migraine to treat because type A personality can acquire the necessary skills to manage stress.

6. Hormonal Migraine:

Fluctuating hormones in women are often the cause of migraine and may occur during menstrual cycles.

7. Cigarette Migraine

A source of equal opportunities for migraines because nicotine affects the blood vessels. High levels of carbon monoxide in a person who smokes or breathes even secondhand smoke can cause a headache.

8. Migraine Food Food allergies are another factor that leads to migraine. However, migraine sufferers are able to eat chocolate without falling prey to a migraine. Some patients report relief from eating chocolate.

Foods that may cause migraines

1. aged cheeses such as Roquefort, Stilton and Cheddar
2. Fermented milk such as sour cream, buttermilk and yogurt
3. Citrus: oranges or grapefruit juice and
4. Nuts: peanuts, walnuts or pecans
5. Legumes: peas, beans and soy products 6. Onions and garlic
7. Bananas
8. Pickled foods: herring is caught behind the most common
9. MSG found in Chinese food
10. Alcohol

Now that you know the common triggers, also note that skipping meals also causes migraines. Skipping meals makes your blood sugar drop, causing a headache.

Eight ways to kiss you Goodbye migraine

1. Medicine

The drugs have been used for centuries to treat migraines. Today, Dr. to prescribe beta blockers to treat migraines by maintaining a proper blood vessel dilation. Antidepressants: The chemical serotonin in the brain "plays a role in migraine.