Neurology

There are a few migraine triggers which may cause the attack.

• Stress is the most important factor in any health issue.
  Stress at work, home or in any situation can cause a migraine attack. So managing
  stress is very important. Meditation and few breathing exercises can also help manage stress.

• Drinks
  Drinks like alcohol, wine, coffee or other caffeinated drinks can trigger the migraine attack. So as a self-help avoiding these drinks are recommended.

• Sleep
  8 hours of sleep is very important for our overall health. Sleeping for less or getting more than enough sleep can trigger migraine.

• Physical factors
  Intense physical exercise, excess gym workout or even excess sexual activity can trigger migraine.

• Hormonal imbalance
  Hormonal imbalance during menstruation or pregnancy can trigger migraine.

• Food triggers
  Foods that can trigger migraine are grapes, oranges, pineapples, limes cheese etc.

• Environmental triggers
  Strong perfumes, fumes, smoke, changes in weather etc

If anyone in your family has migraine, you have a higher risk of developing it.

Migraine usually develops in the period between childhood to adolescence.

Females are more prone to develop migraine compared to the males.

The symptoms of migraine occur in stages. It is not necessary that all the stages take place for everyone. In few people it might be present or it might be absent. The stages are as follows –

• Prodome

• Aura

• Attack

• Post prodome

Prodome This stage occurs around 2 days prior to the migraine. There may be few symptoms that you notice before the migraine attack.

• Neck stiffening

• Mood swings food cravings
• Increased thirst
• Constipation

Aura Aura are the symptoms of the nervous system. It may occur before or during the migraine. It usually affects the visual disturbances but may also cause other disturbances. The symptoms usually last for few minutes or may extend to an hour.

• Visual illusions

• Vision loss

• Numbness of the face

• Involuntary jerking of the body

• Difficulty while speaking

Aura Aura are the symptoms of the nervous system. It may occur before or during the migraine. It usually affects the visual disturbances but may also cause other disturbances. The symptoms usually last for few minutes or may extend to an hour.

Attack Usually the migraine attacks may last for around 3 days if medication is not taken. The duration and frequency of the attack varies from person to person..

• Visual illusions

• Pain on one or both the sides of the head

• Nausea

• Vomiting

• Over sensitiveness to light, touch, smell, noise

Post Drome This is the final stage. After the attack you may feel very tired and drained out. The weakness may persist for a day or more.

Your doctor may advice any of these investigations for diagnosis and to rule out other causes.

• General examination

• Blood test

• CT scan

• MRI

• Eye Examination

Keep yourself hydrated, exercise regularly, develop a sleep routine and timely meals can help

Every individual is different from the other.

So how can the treatment be same?

Of course everyone should be given a satisfying treatment.

In homoeopathy every patient is offered an individualized treatment leading to a permanent cure. In homoeopathy we do not treat you in parts i.e. head, heart, kidney, liver, gallbladder, rather we treat you as a whole by thoroughly understanding your symptoms.

Homoeopathic remedies are gentle, effective, palatable (sweet taste), have no side effects and are not addictive.

When a patient books an appointment with us for the first time, we spend around one to one and a half hours to know about the patient, the past history, family history, present complaints in detail and also suggest Investigations where necessary, on the basis of which we can decide the indicated remedy for your permanent cure.

Homoeopathy is one of the safest and best mode of treatment for MIGRAINE which gives a permanent cure. It not only relieves the symptoms but also removes the root cause of the disease. It also controls further worsening of symptoms.

If you have other medicines and are suffering from its side effects, homoeopathy also helps you to get rid of those side effects.

We are hereby mentioning a few medicines which on proper case taking can help to select the remedy for migraine and cure the patient.