Question

• What causes migraine headache? Discuss its signs, precipitating factors, and treatment. Discuss the role of analgesic drugs.

Answer 1

Ans:-

● Causes of migraine headache are as follows:-

- Hormonal changes in women ,

- Stress,

- sleep changes,

- Tiredness,

- Neck or shoulder tension,

- poor posture,

- depression,

- anxiety,

- Excitement,

- weather changes,

- medications etc.

● Signs of migraine headache are as follows:-

- Thrombbing head pain,

- Light hypersensitivity,

- Noise hypersensitivity,

- Increasing pain during physical activity,

- Nausea,

- Vomiting,

- Distorted vision,

- severe pain for 2 - 72 hours etc.

● Precipitating factors of migraine headache are as follows:-

- Stress,

- Tension

- Not eating on time,

- Lack of sleep,

- Weather change,

- Smell,

- Smoke

- Light,

- Nuts,

- Shellfish etc.

● Treatment of migraine headache is as follows:-

- Preventive and pain relief medications,

- stress management,

- Avoid migraine triggers,

- Analgesics, antipsychotics, nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs, nerve pain medications, triptan, neurotoxins ,

- Progressive muscle relaxation and acupuncture etc.

● Role of analgesic drugs:-

- Analgesics are used to relief from pain.

- Analgesic drugs acts on peripheral and central nervous system,

- They reduce stiffness associated with migraine,