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How Can Chronic Headaches With Migraines Be Treated?
hi .i have been having headaches or migrin pain if they were migrins.my headache usually follows a pattern i mean if they started now or any time of day they will keep hurting whole night and goes away next day like noon.but a few days ago i did have one which lasted like two nights and one day plus one day till evening.it felt so badly like i can feel the pain even in my left jaw going to neck the left back side of head.i kept on taking disprines but with no efect .so can it be somthing serious or just a bad migrin pain
Tue, 1 Sep 2015
Hello dear,
I have gone through your question and understand your concerns.
Hemicranial or holocranial throbbing nature headache with or without nausea , vomiting, photophobia, phonophobia are characters of migraine headache.
Usual episodes last for few hours to a day or two but less than 72 hours.
More than this duration may be found in status migrainosus.
If it continuous then your episodic migraine has converted to chronic migraine.
You need to consult a neurologist for advice and treatment.
You may need continuous prophylaxis for migraine for around 6 months.
Drugs like amitriptyline, beta blockers, flunarizine, topiramate, divalproate are used alone or in combinations.
Hope you found the answer helpful.
Regards
Dr Deepti verma
I have gone through your question and understand your concerns.
Hemicranial or holocranial throbbing nature headache with or without nausea , vomiting, photophobia, phonophobia are characters of migraine headache.
Usual episodes last for few hours to a day or two but less than 72 hours.
More than this duration may be found in status migrainosus.
If it continuous then your episodic migraine has converted to chronic migraine.
You need to consult a neurologist for advice and treatment.
You may need continuous prophylaxis for migraine for around 6 months.
Drugs like amitriptyline, beta blockers, flunarizine, topiramate, divalproate are used alone or in combinations.
Hope you found the answer helpful.
Regards
Dr Deepti verma
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