By Dawn A. Marcus M.D., Philip Bain
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How long does each headache episode last? Do you have any warning symptoms that a headache is going to happen? Migraine 01:Layout 1 26 10/15/10 5:10 PM Page 26 | THE WOMAN’S MIGRAINE TOOLKIT 6. What have you done in the past to treat the headache? Did it work? 7. Do headaches run in your family? Do your mom, dad, sisters/ brothers, or children have headaches? 8. Are other symptoms associated with the headache? Are you sensitive to noises, lights, or odors? Do you get sick to your stomach? 9. Are the headaches bad enough to make you miss work, go home from school, or miss out on family activities?
Migraine is a threshAfter the migraine process has been initiold disorder. When ated, nerve cell activity in the back of the brain the threshold is (the occipital, or visual, cortex) begins moving to exceeded, a migraine the front to the brain. This wave of nerve activoccurs. ity is noted on both sides of the brain. The wave initially causes the nerve cells to be less active, and a wave of increased nerve activity follows. Because migraine activity often begins in the part of the brain affecting vision, many migraine sufferers experience visual changes during their attacks, such as migraine auras and blurred vision.
Men and women feel pain differently. Research studies consistently show that women are more sensitive to pain than men. They show that Effect of estrogen on headaches. Migraine 02:Layout 1 10/15/10 5:12 PM Page 37 HEADACHES FROM PUBERTY TO MENOPAUSE | 37 women feel pain at a lower stimulus than men, and pain becomes intolerable to women sooner than men. Women can first detect pain with a stimulus that’s nearly 20 percent less than the stimulus needed for men to feel pain. Pain becomes intolerable with a stimulus that’s 15 percent lower in women than men.