Migraine Treatment in Chennai

What is Migraine?

A migraine is a neurological disorder characterised by hyper excitability of the nervous system.

Defining characteristics

Recurrent headache attacks lasting 4 – 7 hours

One – sided, pulsating, moderate to severe pain

Inability of function, photophobia, nausea, vomiting

For some people, a warning symptom known as an aura occurs before or with the headache. An aura can include visual disturbances, such as flashes of light or blind spots, or other disturbances, such as tingling on one side of the face or in an arm or leg and difficulty speaking.

There are a number of migraine triggers, including:

• Hormonal changes in women. Fluctuations in estrogen, such as before or during menstrual periods, pregnancy and menopause
• Disturbed sleep pattern
• Physical exertion
• Visual stimuli
• Auditory stimuli
• Olfactory stimuli
• Weather changes
• Hunger
• Drugs
• Physiological factors

Migraine can be a chronic condition that severely affects quality of life, making it a serious health concern. Knowing the stages of migraine can help you address the symptoms early and potentially help minimize its effects.

They tend to move through several stages:

• Prodromal phase (before the migraine)
• Aura phase
• Attack phase
• Postdromal phase (after the migraine)

Prodromal Phase: Early Warning Signs

Hours before the migraine begins -- and sometimes even the day before -- many people may feel:

• Either unusually energetic and excitable or depressed
• Irritable
• Thirsty
• Cravings for specific foods
• Sleepy, with a lot of yawning
• The need to pee more often

Aura Phase: Strange Feelings Start

About 1 in 3 to 1 in 4 people with migraines get an "aura" that begins before the headache or starts along with it. It may not happen with every headache, though.

An aura can include:

Changes in vision, such as:

• A flickering, jagged arc of light. It may have a complicated shape. It usually appears on the left or right side of your vision. Over a few minutes, it may get bigger.
• A blind spot in your field of vision. This problem -- combined with the flickering lights -- can make it hard to drive or focus your eyes on small objects.
• You might "see" images from the past or have hallucinations.

These symptoms may continue to get worse over the next several minutes.

skin sensations.

  You might feel tingling or "pins and needles" in your body during an aura. It may also cause numbness. These feelings often affect the face and hands, but they can spread out across the body. They may continue to expand over the next several minutes.

Language problems. 

You may have a hard time communicating with others. Symptoms may include:

• Trouble expressing thoughts when you speak or write
• Trouble understanding spoken or written words
• Confusion
• Trouble concentrating

Attack Phase: The Headache Begins

The attack portion of a migraine can last from a few hours to several days. During this phase, you’ll probably want to rest quietly and find it hard to do your normal activities.

The pain of a migraine:

• Usually begins above the eyes 
• Typically affects one side of the head, but it may happen to the entire head or move from one side to the other. It may also affect the lower face and the neck.
• Tends to feel throbbing
• May throb worse during physical activity or when you lean forward
• May get worse if you move around

Other symptoms that might happen during this phase:

• Unusual sensitivity to light, sounds, and smells
• Lightheadedness and fainting 
• Nausea and vomiting 

Postdromal Phase: After It Stops

Following the most severe phase of the migraine, you may not feel well for up to a day. Symptoms of this post- migraine phase may include:

• Extreme tiredness
• Sluggishness
• Confusion
• Head pain that flares up when you lean over, move quickly, or get a rush of blood to the head.

Why choose of RJR for Migraine?

Root cause for migraine is identified and is treated accordingly. Many internal medicine to improve the blood circulation and then head ache will be reduced. If any accumulation of fluid in the skin area, with the help of herbal medicines, it will be reduced completely. In our RJR Herbal Hospitals chronic migraine patients with migraine for 28 years and 30 years is treated successfully without any recurrence. External Panchakarma therapy and colon hydrotherapy, head Varma treatment is very essential in treating the migraine. The chronic migraine condition is also treated successfully in our RJR Herbal Hospitals.