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What foods increase the risk of migraine pain?

 What foods increase the risk of migraine pain?

Food can trigger the risk of migraine pain. Therefore, people who regularly experience migraine pain should be careful about their eating symptoms by choosing foods that help prevent migraine symptoms. It will help reduce the number and severity of migraine headaches and avoid certain types of food.




What kind of symptoms should be checked before being called migraine pain?

People who suffer from migraine headaches usually have a throbbing, pulsating headache. It usually occurs on one side but can occur on both sides or alternately. The pain is usually only mild at first and will gradually increase in intensity. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, weakness, and increased sensitivity to light, sound, or smell.

Migraine triggers

When suffering from migraine pain, many people first look for medication to relieve their migraine pain. Assistant Professor Dr. Amit Chakdev, Faculty of Medicine Michigan State University, USA, recommends reducing food intake, changing behavior, and avoiding environments that increase risk factors for migraine headaches.

The foods that the doctor recommends that you should avoid are:

-Foods that are high in sodium, such as salty food, bakery goods, crispy snacks, canned food because sodium increases blood pressure, affecting the blood vessels in the brain.

-Sweeteners such as aspartame have been found to decrease serotonin levels.

-Birth control pills because they cause estrogen levels to decrease before menstruation.

-Fried and oily food

There are also other factors, and each person may need to remember what causes their migraines to trigger.

How to prevent migraines

-Control environmental factors, temperature changes, air, flashing lights, pungent odors.

-Exercise regularly

- Find activities to do to reduce stress, such as listening to music, watching movies, reading books.

-Take medicine as prescribed by the doctor

-Sleep: You should sleep on time.

- Refrain from using hormonal drugs such as birth control pills.

- Cope with migraines without medication.

Migraine pain, although medication is the main solution for many people, although if you start to feel tightness before the migraine pain begins, There are ways to reduce pain before it becomes full. How to reduce pain?

- Press on the point about 3 inches above the heel of the wrist (into the crook) to help relieve migraine symptoms.

-Inhaling essential oils, especially lavender, can help relieve symptoms and help you fall asleep more easily.

-Take magnesium. Taking magnesium will help reduce the frequency of migraine pain. Magnesium is found in bananas, almonds, tofu, spinach, etc.

- Apply a cold compress to the head to help reduce the inflammatory reaction that causes pain.

-Drink ginger tea. Ginger contains substances that help reduce inflammation. Drinking ginger tea reduces migraine pain. Can be used with both fresh ginger and powdered ginger.

- Hidden dangers from migraines

For those who think they have migraine pain, it may not be a problem if they just have a mild headache. You may need to reconsider because studies have found that migraine pain increases the chance that blood vessels in the brain will narrow or rupture many times more easily than normal people!

A study published in the medical journal “Brain” found that people with migraine warning symptoms are 27% more likely to have a stroke than the general population, especially in women under 50 years of age.


MRI scans have found that the brains of people who frequently suffer from migraines have subclinical narrowing and white matter in the brain that carries signals from nerve cells. They have two times more abnormalities than the general population, and that is shocking. They have a 46% higher risk of stroke than the general population.

Therefore, migraine sufferers should be more careful about hemorrhagic stroke than the general public. Use medicines correctly and appropriately, as some painkillers can affect the incidence of stroke and heart disease.


Resources

Brain and Nervous System Center Bangkok International Hospital

Ramathibodi Nursing School Mahidol University

Department of Disease Control

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