Migraine brain doesn’t tolerate change.
Whenever there is a perceived change in your comfortable surrounding, the brain dissents by a headache.
What is the commonest Neuro disability affecting humans ?
Stroke- No.
Paralysis- No, No.
The commonest Neurological disability affecting us is MIGRAINE.
What is the cause ?
Migraine, like any pain or fever is our body’s warning signal.
Anything that changes our normal schedule will trigger the headache.
- Skipping meals,
- Too much sleep or too little
- unusual stress and tension.
Whenever there is any perceived harm to our status quo, the brain cries foul. That is migraine.
Migraine brain doesn’t tolerate change. Whenever there is a perceived change in your comfortable surrounding, the brain dissents by a headache.
In fact, It’s nature’s RED FLAG for you to GO SLOW.
Migraine is very expensive.
The economic cost of migraine is an estimated worldwide ANNUAL cost of $20 BILLION, relating to healthcare, procedures and loss of productivity.
What is the remedy ?
So whenever your body gives you the red flag warning, it is requesting you to slow down.
It’s your cue to stop whatever you are pushing for, lie down and take rest.
Analgesics absolutely no, no.
Prevention:
You can go slow or try innumerable remedies. Either of the two options is equally effective. Some remedies can date back to the St. Anthony’s Fire, where as some are as recent as Erenumab.
The newest drug in the Migraine stable is the monthly injection of 140 mg of AIMOVIG from Novartis at a cost of $6900/year ( INR 40000/- per injection every month.
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