2006-08-18 05:16:07 · 7 answers · asked by mischievious 2 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
There are many causes of migraine headaches... Migraines are vascular in nature, meaning that they are caused by irregular blood flow in your brain. (as compared to a muscle tension headache... caused by tight muscles in your upper back or neck that refer pain to your head)
Some causes are hormones for women- also variances in weather/ pressure like thunderstorms.
Some foods can be a trigger- often things like chocolate, aged cheese, wine/ beer, caffeine, MSG, nutrasweet, and sometimes even other random foods trigger headache in people.
Stress can also set them off, but dont think that because you get migraines that you are just a high strung person.
One of the newest theories of migraines is that people who get them have hyperactive neurons in the brain--- and that instead of getting a seizure, they get the vascular headache- the migraine... so the new drug Topamax (a seizure medication) actually calms the neurons so you dont get the migraines...
If you are getting migraines & you have not seen a neurologist, you should be evaluated.
There are great medications that really make a huge difference.
I am a chiropractor & treat & evaluate patients with headaches all the time- AND I get migraines myself.
2006-08-18 06:04:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of the time it's because of hormones; many women get them at a certain time during their cycle.
I used Ortho tri-cyclen for about a year, and after I stopped the pills I was getting migraines almost every day for a month, until my hormones got back to normal.
2006-08-18 12:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by LingXinYi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It maybe due to poor circulation or high cholesterol. Both cause a lack of oxygen supply to your brain thus bringing on a headache.
That is why aspirin works so well, it thins out your blood so that oxygen is distributed throughout the body including your brain.
Don't believe everything your DR. tells you, they just want your money.
2006-08-18 12:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by hpneil 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I work shift work and my dr told me its part due to my sleep habit, and stress
2006-08-18 12:29:43 · answer #4 · answered by hollie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because life is a headache
2006-08-18 12:18:02 · answer #5 · answered by Pambo_Calrissian 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wish i knew get them all the time
2006-08-18 12:21:50 · answer #6 · answered by LOLO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't. Why do you think I did?
2006-08-18 12:23:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋