| Show Daily Health Service ce Dear Doctor You can help me hw very r much by writing nn iii article 1 on migraine l headaches telling what I can obtain or what diet I I. should follow tollow SUI SU SCRIBER By DR MORRIS l FISHBEIN The peculiar racking headaches called migraine usually affect t people whose families families' have been susceptible to those these afflictions ons and they are arc more likely to strike women women women wo wo- wo- wo men than mono mon Generally the attacks arc are sudden and follow a n period of oC nervous strain By nervous strain I mean emotional excitement such as arises d during ring a quarrel Sometimes it isa is isa isa a result of eyestrain which comes after long periods of oC reading especially especially espe espe- daIly in a bad light v Nervous strain occurs also as a r result sult of insufficient sleep digestive disturbance overeating ng or overindulgence of any kind It is is' particularly associated with too oo much concentration and work This overstrain however is not the cause of the migraine it is ismore ismore ismore more like the trigger that sets seta et off oft the headache Usually Uy these attacks begin in childhood or youth but there have been een cases In which they came on on after 40 O or 50 60 years of age Migraine differs from ordinary headache in that the person who has las it usually has first a feeling of ol tiredness or depression and is dizzy Many persons see a flash of ol light others merely say that their vision becomes blurred The pain usually begins around one eye and then spreads over various various various va va- va- va rious parts part of the head but with many the trouble begins in the tho back backof of at the head Any slight noise any flash of at light or any mental effort may make the migraine worse Many years ago a a a. trench French doctor observed that sick Ick headaches may maybe maybe maybe be associated with the eating of at some particular food substance as asis asis ass is s the case with asthma skin eruptions eruptions tl ns and hay bay fever Since Sinco then sensitivities to certain foods have b been cn found rather constantly associated associated asso asso- dated with the onset of ot migraine The foods usually associated with these hese sick headaches are th the same that hat are usually associated with digestive disturbances Those which h lead ead arc are chocolate onions cabbage cucumbers apples pork porle and melons It If f yo you have hav migraine e headaches and find ind that they come on rather consistently consistently con- con after eating these foods you should avoid void them in your diet Some women find that their migraine migraine mi ml- graine attacks come on with their periodic disturbances and d disappear sap sap- pear car very pro promptly after these dis- dis In such instances consultation consultation con- con with witha a doctor may reveal the he necessity for lor the administration of glandular or other remedies related related re- re to control of these periodic disturbances Other people find that their migraine mi nil- graine raine co comes es on n when the they are con con- In s1 such h cases proper attention at- at to the bowels will willaid aid ald in relieving the sick headaches |
