Women are more susceptible to migraine

Do not assume the symptoms of headache puny next to or called the common migraine. When someone felt the symptoms of this person is also possible to suffer some brain damage. This was concluded by the health experts at the University of Rocherster, New York, United States, which is working with a team from the Danish pharmaceutical industry, Novo Nordisk.

As the researchers presented in the journal Nature Neuroscience last week, brain damage in people with migraine occurs because brain cells and fill a 'hungry' will be oxygen. These findings may also help explain why people with migraine have a higher risk for the stroke, researchers said Sunday (29 / 4). In fact, the researchers said, brain damage caused migraine equivalent of brain damage due to brain concussion and conditions post stroke.

Based on the results of such research, health experts concluded that the headaches the sufferer can not simply consume remover pain to migraine. However, they should take medicine that can prevent migraine relapse. Symptoms of migraine is often preceded by the 'aura', namely a series of views of the form of interference kilatan light or black spots.

To help reduce brain damage, the oxygen is believed to help people avoid it, said Takahiro Takano, Maiken Nedergaard, and their colleagues at the University of Rocherster in New York. They stated, the migraine sufferer and a number of headaches sometimes patients treated with high oxygen. This is done to help patients cells the brain experienced swelling and the 'hungry' oxygen.

In the study, the researchers observe a process called cortical spreading depression (CSD). Simple explanation of the CSD is a wave of changes that occur in cells and the brain associated with migraine, stroke and head trauma. To determine the wave changes the brain cells they examined the mouse brain by using a live two-photon microscopic and oxygen sensor mikroelectroda.

The result, they see the occurrence of swelling on the brain cells that lack of oxygen. Then, the cells damaged nervous, especially in the dendrites with the network of thin and long that extends from one cell to cell nervous nervous other.

''This study may have direct clinical impact as well as some previous research that supports the opinion that cortical spreading depression (CDS) is a nervous base associated with migraine and 'aura'. And, spontaneous waves of CSD may contribute to the occurrence of the injury, stroke and Traumatic brain injuries,''the researchers write.

28 million people
Michigan is not the disease that can be considered inconsequential. The disease attacks the nervous in the head that causes severe headaches that make people so weak. In the United States alone, the disease attacked around 28 million population there.

The disease is also closely related to other diseases. Based on two previous studies - including one study that broadcast last week in the Archives of Internal Medicine, showed that people who suffer headaches may be the better for the heart disease. In addition, a study in 2004 that is written in the British Journal concluded that migraine sufferer two times more likely to experience a stroke compared with people who do not suffer the headaches.

Another interesting conclusion is that sex has had a significant influence on this disease. Mentioned, women were more likely to head the pain is. However, not explained why it could happen.

To overcome the pain in the head, the medicines consumed often do not have a meaningful impact for the migraine sufferer. However, consumption some type of drugs called triptans - also known as serotonin agonists, and ergotamine drugs - can be used to prevent the worst impacts. Specifically, if the patient suffers symptoms headache for the first time.

Giving the mice rich doses of Oxygen seemed to shorten the duration of the wave of Brain effects seen in CSD, the researchers said. They noted that Migraine and cluster and the patients are treated with proton high-pressure Oxygen. From the results of research using rats, also known that provide oxygen with large doses can shorten the duration of the effects on brain waves. This is seen from the results of the CSD study, the researchers said.

About the permanent or not, this disease, the researchers can not yet be sure. However, some research has shown that the impact is due to the headaches that are permanent. Conclusion other, there is no difference or influence in the memories and other cognitive impact on the migraine patients. n ant

overview :
  • Damage to the brain in people with migraine occurs because the cells into the brain and belly 'hungry' will be oxygen.
  • Damage to the brain caused by migraine equivalent of brain damage due to brain concussion and conditions post stroke.
  • Symptoms of migraine is often preceded by the 'aura', namely a series of views of the form of interference kilatan light or black spots.