Migraines

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A migraine is a chronic paroxysmal disorder which differs from a normal headache by its symptoms and degree of pain. After defining migraines, the paper examines the causes of this disorder, including food, environmental and body reactions. The paper then looks at the different kinds of migraines (classic, common, transformed, chronic) and concludes with forms of treatment used by sufferers.

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"Migraines and headaches have different causes. The pain associated with a headache is caused by vasoconstriction, the medical term for the narrowing of blood vessels in the brain. A migraine's cause, however, is just the opposite. During a migraine, the blood vessels in the brain expand, in a process called vasodilation. This causes a swelling of the tissues around the brain, which makes the pain worse. When migraine suffers take headache medicine geared treat vasoconstriction, they inadvertently dilate the blood vessels further. This in turn causing increased swelling, thereby making the migraine worse (Coleman and Burchfield)."

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