Show Your Health Doctor Describes Methods For Relieving Migraines By James W. W Barton MD M.D. I r often write about migraine migraine- sided one-sided headache headache because because it is isso isso isso so common Patients suffer severely severely se se- verely and yet the majority of these sufferers do donot donot do not consult their physicians about it unless they are r I 7 consulting h him i m for some other 1 ailment P. P While the cause 4 of migraine is L Ln n not o t defini definitely tely known there are successful meth- meth Dr Barton of s of treatment which by relieving relieving relieving ing the symptoms save these patients patients patients pa pa- days of physical and mental distress In his book Headache and Other Head Pains Dr Harold G. G Wolff professor of neurology Cornell Cornell Cornell Cor Cor- nell medical college states that migraine is an unbalance within the central nervous system This results in changes in the mood of the patient and bodily disturbances disturb disturb- ances sided one sided one headache nausea vomiting fear of light constipation tion and others While the pain visually usually is us in the head it may include include in include in- in clude the face and even the neck Showing that migraine is not just an ache in the head the headache headache headache head head- ache being only a symptom Prof Wolff states that other body conditions conditions conditions con con- present may be distension of or the abdomen cold hands and feet dizziness excessive sweating I and chilliness The headache is a throbbing aching pain which can be reduced by pressure on the large targe arge artery just inward of the large cord like cord like muscle of the neck running from the back of the car ear to the top of or orthe the breast bone This is the same artery that is pressed to reduce the speed of the h heart cart when beating beating beating beat beat- ing too rapidly Another proof that the symptoms symptoms symptoms toms are due to migraine is by giving the patient the usual remedy remedy remedy rem rem- edy This stops the pain That stress long has been suspected of being the match that lights the fire is admitted ad ad- As distension of the blood vessels vessels vessels ves ves- sels both Inside and outside the skull L is J present and the likely cause of migraine anything that will help to contract or partially close these blood vessels brings relief from the symptoms Among the remedies used are arc ephedrine adrenalin adrenalin adrenalin adren adren- alin and coffee Pressing the large arteries in neck or arteries above and below the eyeball and at the temple side of head gives relief There is however howe one drug that is so constant in effect and duration as asto asto asto to give it the most place in the management of oC the headache a attack |