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Suggest Treatment For Severe Migraine Headaches

My wife has had migraine headaches since she was 13. They get so bad that she cries every time she gets them. She has been to numerous doctors, but they have all told her the same thing, they don t know what the cause of it is. I want to help her, but I don t know what to do. It breaks my heart knowing that she has to go through this. What should I do?
Wed, 21 Oct 2015
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Hi Dear ,

As per your query your wife has severe migraine headache , which is not getting better with treatment . Well there can be many reasons responsible for migraine like :-

Hormonal changes in women. Fluctuations in estrogen seem to trigger headaches in many women with known migraines. ...
Foods. Aged cheeses, salty foods and caffeinated product .
Food additives.
Stress.
Sensory stimuli like light and loud sound .
Changes in wake-sleep pattern.

If you didn't use preventive treatment for migraine headaches, three drug classes used for this purpose are with doctor's prescription :
1. Antidepressants
2. Antiepileptics
3. Calcium channel blockers

If preventive treatment together with acute phase treatment fail to improve symptoms, Botox injections in scalp could be tried as an effective long lasting symptoms treatment. Severe migraine can also be treated by the use of ergot alkaloid drugs. These drugs need to be taken under the supervision of your doctor. Hence please do consult neurologist for prescription of drugs.

Hope your concern has been resolved.

Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Migraine Headaches

Hi Dear , As per your query your wife has severe migraine headache , which is not getting better with treatment . Well there can be many reasons responsible for migraine like :- Hormonal changes in women. Fluctuations in estrogen seem to trigger headaches in many women with known migraines. ... Foods. Aged cheeses, salty foods and caffeinated product . Food additives. Stress. Sensory stimuli like light and loud sound . Changes in wake-sleep pattern. If you didn t use preventive treatment for migraine headaches, three drug classes used for this purpose are with doctor s prescription : 1. Antidepressants 2. Antiepileptics 3. Calcium channel blockers If preventive treatment together with acute phase treatment fail to improve symptoms, Botox injections in scalp could be tried as an effective long lasting symptoms treatment. Severe migraine can also be treated by the use of ergot alkaloid drugs. These drugs need to be taken under the supervision of your doctor. Hence please do consult neurologist for prescription of drugs. Hope your concern has been resolved. Get Well Soon. Best Wishes, Dr. Harry Maheshwari