What Are Migraine Headaches?

The most common type of vascular headache is migraine. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head, an upset stomach, and at times disturbed vision.

Why Does A Migrane Headache Hurt?

What hurts when you have a Migraine? The bones of the skull and tissues of the brain itself never hurt, because they lack pain-sensitive nerve fibers. Several areas of the head can hurt, including a network of nerves which extends over the scalp and certain nerves in the face, mouth, and throat. Also sensitive to pain, because they contain delicate nerve fibers, are the muscles of the head and blood vessels found along the surface and at the base of the brain.

The ends of these pain-sensitive nerves, called nociceptors, can be stimulated by stress, muscular tension, dilated blood vessels, and other triggers of headache. Once stimulated, a nociceptor sends a message up the length of the nerve fiber to the nerve cells in the brain, signaling that a part of the body hurts. The message is determined by the location of the nociceptor. A person who suddenly realizes "My toe hurts," is responding to nociceptors in the foot that have been stimulated by the stubbing of a toe.

A number of chemicals help transmit pain-related information to the brain. Some of these chemicals are natural painkilling proteins called endorphins, Greek for "the morphine within." One theory suggests that people who suffer from severe headache and other types of chronic pain have lower levels of endorphins than people who are generally pain free.

Migraine Relief - Is there really a “Cure” for Migranes?

The drug industry would lead you to believe that migranes are cured, when their medication masks your symptoms.  Taking medication for the temporary relief of migrane headaches is misguided because drugs are not a permanent solution. Long-term use of drugs can lead to serious side effects and while they may treat the temporary pain, they do not even address the more important underlying cause of the pain. 

What is crucial to understand is that a migranes are your body's way of telling you something is wrong. The migrane headache itself is not the problem—it is simply the symptom of a problem.  So if you want to cure your headaches, what you really want to do is to fix the problem that is causing your headaches.  Before you can fix this underlying problem, you must first identify what is causing your headaches.

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