What are the symptoms of migraine

Migraine is a symptom that many people have experienced and is also a relatively common sub-health problem. Migraine is mainly divided into two stages, the prodromal stage and the headache stage. Migraine has many symptoms, and different symptoms appear in different stages. When symptoms of migraine appear, treatment should be sought as soon as possible. This can alleviate the pain caused to the patient by the worsening of the disease and the treatment effect will be better.

1. Premonitory stage:

A typical migraine is preceded by brief neurological symptoms, called auras. The most common are visual auras, especially visual field defects, dark spots, flashes, which gradually increase in size and spread to the surrounding areas, as well as visual distortion and color changes of objects. Secondly, there are somatic sensory auras, such as numbness of one side of the limbs or face, paresthesia, etc. Motor auras are less common. Auras last from minutes to hours; complicated migraines last longer

2. Headache period:

A pulsating headache may occur simultaneously or subsequently with aura symptoms in the temporal or retro-orbital region of the head. It may also be a general headache, a unilateral or bilateral frontal headache, and an uncommon occipital headache. It is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia or phonophobia, irritability, fear of smells and fatigue. The temporal artery may be prominent, and the headache may worsen with movement of the head and neck and be relieved after sleep. In most patients, headache attacks last from 2 hours to 1 day, and in children they last from 2 to 8 hours. The frequency of headaches varies, with more than 50% occurring no more than once a week. Attacks often subside in women during the second week or third trimester of pregnancy and after menopause.

3. Late stage of headache:

After the headache subsides, there are often symptoms such as fatigue, tiredness, weakness and poor appetite, which will improve in 1 to 2 days.

4. Treatment methods

In traditional Chinese and Western medicine, the treatment of migraine is slow to take effect, mostly treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, and has far-reaching side effects. Based on the above situation, our hospital uses the three-in-one comprehensive targeted treatment plan of "targeted intervention therapy of Chinese medicine active factors", "facial nerve activation and regeneration therapy", and "acupuncture and moxibustion therapy to repair damaged nerves" to provide comprehensive and integrated treatment for migraine. First, while drugs are used to activate the damaged nerves, the attending physician Gao Sujun's original Chinese medicine acupressure treatment method is used, combined with acupuncture and related Chinese medicine treatments to dredge the meridians, restore muscle tissue elasticity, and fully activate the damaged nerves, muscles and blood vessels. Then the neural network connections are consolidated, both internally and externally treated, facial microcirculation is improved, the connecting nerve channels are unblocked, dormant nerve cells are activated, and the neural network is reshaped, thereby relieving migraines and gradually achieving the goal of cure.