The average migraine sufferer loses 21 days out of their lives every year due to the pain of their migraines.

This means that migraine sufferers can lose all their vacation time and sick leave because they have to deal with their painful migraines. People who have severe migraines can experience temporary blindness, temporary paralysis and they may need to be confined to a darkened room for days at a time.

SINCE MIGRAINES ARE SO DEBILITATING, LET'S EXPLORE MORE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU GET THEM:

Who Gets Migraines?

During the 1980s, researchers found that the diagnosis of a migraine increased more than 55% in women, and that women in their 20s had the fastest increase in migraines as compared with any other age group. Overall, 15-20% of all men and 25-30% of women suffer with migraine headaches.

Dilation of Blood Vessels Is The Key

Migraine headaches are primarily caused by excessive dilation, or expansion, of blood vessels in the head. Many migraines come without warning. Some start with a visual "aura" before the onset of pain that can also include blurring or bright spots in the vision. Other symptoms indicating that a migraine is starting include anxiety, fatigue, disturbed thinking, and numbness or tingling on one side of the body. Migraine pain also occurs when the blood vessels and muscles lining the brain and scalp become stretched or tensed. Migraine pain seems to be connected to the instability of blood vessels in the brain and to a reduction in blood flow during a migraine attack. Research studies also indicate that in some migraine sufferers the control of blood vessel constriction and dilation is impaired.

Researchers have also found that in migraine sufferers, during and between migraine attacks, small blood cells, or platelets, do not behave normally. The purpose of the blood platelets is to aggregate, or to clump together, to form blood clots. In migraine sufferers, there is a significant increase in the spontaneous aggregation, or clumping, of blood platelets. This causes a reduction in the release of a brain chemical known as serotonin.

Serotonin Plays a Major Role

Serotonin aids in the chemical transfer of information from one cell to another. More importantly for migraine sufferers, serotonin plays a major role in the relaxation and the constriction of blood vessels. All of the serotonin in the blood is stored in the blood platelets. It is released by platelet aggregation. In migraine sufferers, this release appears to result in a serotonin deficiency.

Low serotonin levels are thought to lead to a decrease in the pain threshold of migraine patients. This concept is strongly supported by 35 years of research which show that increasing serotonin levels in the blood platelets leads to relief from chronic migraine headaches.

Food Allergies Linked to Blood Vessel Triggers

Food allergies also play a major role in migraine headaches. Foods such as chocolate, cheese, beer, red wine, and prescription medication can trigger migraine attacks in many people. These attacks have been linked to histamines and other compounds that can trigger expansion in the blood vessels and cause that pounding, throbbing sensation.

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