Myths and misconceptions about migraines

الممعة 6 يوليو 2018 07:05 صباحا News Myths and misconceptions are still many, and these myths and misconceptions cause us a lot of problems, this has been devoted to Qalk to display the myths of the most common migraine and the corresponding facts.

Myths and misconceptions about migraine:
– Migraine is only a bad headache:
Migraine is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by disorders called migraine or migraine. Many possible symptoms of a migraine attack, migraine attacks can occur sometimes and no headache occurs, when this happens, they are described as "silent", and to diagnose migraines, there should be some symptoms other than headaches

– Migraines do not last for days, and no one suffers from migraines every day:
Typical migraine lasts from four to 72 hours, but migraines can last longer, sometimes days, weeks or even months And when it lasts more than 72 hours, we have to contact our doctors, and unfortunately some people suffer from migraine almost every day and this happens with chronic migraines, and the term refers to the incidence migraines or tension headaches for 15 days or more per month.

– Migraine does not threaten life, it is simply annoying:
Although migraine itself is not life-threatening, migraine headaches and risk factors associated with migraines can be serious. Hemorrhagic stroke and other cardiovascular diseases, studies have also confirmed a connection between migraines and suicide.

– Any doctor capable of recognizing and treating migraine properly:
It's one of the myths that people have about doctors: it's also a misconception according to which all neurologists are specialists in migraines; In the 2011 report, the World Health Organization (WHO) said lack of knowledge among health professionals was the main obstacle to treating headaches. And specialized training (Neurologist) included 10.

– Adults only are migraine sufferers:
People of all ages can develop migraines Some children suffer from migraines during their childhood, before they are old enough to tell anyone their feelings, and with young children, diagnosis of the disease by examining the medical history of the family and monitoring the behavior of the child.

– There is no cure for migraine with which we only have to live:
This is far from the truth, although it does not exist. there is no definitive cure for migraine right now, but we are not neglecting our health,, We can work to identify and manage the disease and prevent recurrence frequently, and there are many options to prevent migraines more than never before.

– The symptoms of migraine are similar in all subjects:
Initially, there are several types of migraine, the two main types are migraines with halo and migraines without halo, then there are sub-types. Types of migraine with halo like migraines Basal migraine, familial migraine, there are also retinal migraines, migraines, migraines like chronic migraines, and more so, a person's migraine can be radically different from another person.