Migraines

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This paper explains that many studies indicate stress can be a major factor in causing at least some forms of migraines, and treating the stress in a patient's life can often lead to a reduction in migraine pain and recurrence. The author points out that studies suggest that many migraine sufferers have poor coping mechanisms for both stress and their condition; therefore, stress affects them more strongly. The paper relates that many physicians treat their patients not only with medication for the pain, but also to help them reduce stress from their daily lives to reduce the occurrence of these debilitating headaches.

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"Migraine headaches are quite painful for their sufferers and often difficult to control or eliminate. Patients report feeling a severe throbbing or aching, normally in one side of the head, which often does not respond to normal painkillers. There can be sensitivity to light or noise, nausea, vomiting, and intense pain in the area of the headache. Often, a migraine attack is predicted by an aura of light the patient sees before the pain begins. More women suffer migraines than men, and they tend to hit the 35- to 45-year old age group the hardest. It is believed migraines are caused by a restriction of the blood vessels in the area of the brain where the pain is centered, and in the 1990s, the drug Imitrex came on the market to specifically treat these restricted blood vessels."

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