Migraine, which is a neurological disease, is very common in society. Migraine, which is more common in young people, is more common in women than in men. Migraine headaches are throbbing or sharp, especially in the temple area. Neurology Specialist Assoc. Dr. Hatice Köse Özlece, in the information she gave about migraine, said, “If you experience more than 4 attacks per month after being diagnosed with migraine, definitely consult a doctor.”
It can also cause vision problems and numbness.
Stating that migraine also affects men, Assoc. Dr. Hatice Köse Özlece said, “Migraine is a disease that manifests itself with severe pain, and when migraine is mentioned in the first place, headache comes to mind. But it’s not just a headache. It is also a neurological disease. Sometimes the person may be accompanied by symptoms such as vision problems in the eyes, flashes of light, sometimes dizziness and numbness in the hands and arms, before the pain. Migraine is one of the diseases that seriously disrupt daily life and seriously affect daily life activities, especially because it is seen in young people. It usually presents with unilateral throbbing headaches. Nausea, vomiting, can be affected by light and sound. We can group them under 2 main headings. As exotic migraine and chronic migraine, there are occasional bees in exotic migraine. In the treatment of such patients, we generally recommend effective pain relief treatments.
IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 4 ATTACKS PER MONTH, YOU HAVE CHRONIC MIGRAINE
Stating that chronic migraine is slightly different from exotic migraine, Hatice Köse Özlece said that chronic migraine can be mentioned in patients who experience more than 4 attacks per month and said, “The situation we call chronic migraine is a little different. We can talk about chronic migraine in patients who experience more than 4 attacks per month. The treatment of these patients is completely different. Effective treatments are needed to prevent the pain from becoming chronic. One of these effective treatments is oral drug treatments. Treatments that we use regularly for 4-6 months in general. Botox treatment is one of the second and frequently used treatments. Again, we can use botox very effectively in migraine patients. Botox treatment applied by a neurologist in the right doses to the right areas usually achieves over 90 percent success. However, if it is not applied to effective places, if the dose is low and if it is done by any specialist in any place, it can cause the pain to become more chronic. In this respect, we have to be careful,” he said.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO CONTROL MIGRAINE
Özlece, who recommended that migraine patients should apply to a doctor for effective treatment methods if they experience more than 4 attacks per month, continued as follows:
“Again, we can easily control migraine by applying the method known as migraine vaccine recently. It is one of the things I will recommend and say the most for migraine patients. Especially if you have started to have more than 4 attacks in a month after the diagnosis was made clearly, you should definitely apply to a neurologist urgently to get one of these preventive treatments. Otherwise, the pain starts to become constant and as long as you use too much painkillers, we start to have serious problems.”