Migraine

Migraines can have a debilitating effect on daily life. At Breakspear Medical, our Clinical Team will help bring you relief through comprehensive investigations and identification of trigger substances, such as food allergies or chemicals, and provide treatment for your trigger substances using low-dose immunotherapy (LDI).  Our goal is to dramatically reduce migraine occurrences so that the need for drugs becomes redundant and you can start living life without hindrance.

The treatment of allergy, intolerance and sensitivity using the technique LDI is one of Breakspear Medical’s areas of expertise. The technique is entirely safe in our experienced hands, and employs intradermal skin tests and regular LDI treatment. LDI helps people with allergy/sensitivity and many environmental illnesses by reducing the burden on the immune system.

There are various triggers of attacks and identifying these migraine triggers can be very useful in prevention. Attacks are often the result of a combination of provoking factors such as chemical exposures, foods, and stress. It is the total load of such influences that seems to be important, and reducing the contributions from each of these provoking factors will lessen the total burden on the body; this in turn lessens the likelihood of an attack.

If you suffer from migraines, make an appointment for an initial consultation with member of our Clinical Team.

For those who suffer from migraine, there are many supplements and dietary changes that may be recommended in combination to help you regain your vitality. Often supplements are used in prescribed doses, which may vary considerably from the standard, recommended doses. A wide range of herbal remedies can also help as part of the first step to working towards feeling better.

Migraine is the name given to a type of headache caused by changes in the diameter of blood vessels in the brain.  A migraine is usually a severe headache felt as a throbbing pain at the front or side of the head. Some people also have other symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting and increased sensitivity to light or sound.

There are many varieties, but a migraine headache is classically one-sided, associated with the dislike of light, accompanied by nausea or vomiting and varying visual disturbance. In some rare cases, some people may experience temporary paralysis or loss of consciousness.

The location and intensity of the symptoms of migraines may vary significantly and include:

• throbbing pain on one or both sides of the head
• eye pain
• sensitivity to light, sound and/or smell
• vomiting and nausea
• numbness or tingling
• vertigo or double vision.

Generally symptoms can last for hours or days.

Many people experience symptoms in advance of the headache such as:

• seeing flashing lights, lines or spots
• experiencing depression and/or irritability with no explanation
• disturbed sleep
• sinus troubles
• neck pain
• frequent urination
• yawning

Some migraine sufferers depend on painkillers and anti-sickness preparations to help control symptoms. Other migrainers take medication which is aimed at preventing attacks. In some cases these methods of dealing with migraines becomes habit-forming causing headaches to occur with greater frequency if the drug is not taken.

If you suffer from migraines, make an appointment for an initial consultation with member of our Clinical Team.

We have shared information about migraines in our Breakspear Medical Bulletins over the years including:

Issue 28

Migraines, CFS in the genes p. 10

Issue 3

Common symptoms related to migraine aside from head pain p. 3

Healthy foods that can cause migraines p. 4