Menstruation Can Trigger Migraines

Many people, especially women, are mystified as to why hormone changes appear to trigger migraine headache attacks. Statistically women have 3 times as many migraine headaches as men. A frequent time of headache attack is during menstruation or immediately before. Most women figure out that it has something to do with hormone changes. They are correct.

A recent study in Australia found out, through genome research, that indeed people with certain genetic aberrations are more susceptible to migraine headaches. Research at Harvard University in the United States further confirmed that hormone receptor sites are the culprit.

According to the research done in Australia as many as 3 different genes make people susceptible to migraine headaches. Hormone therapy is tricky business, because when you change one hormone, you upset the balance of many other hormones in the body.

Menstrual and migraines go hand in hand for someone pre-disposed by genetics to migraines.

Just taking pain medications can produce a rebound effect whereby the headache condition is not helped but made worse. At some point in the cycle the pain can be relieved but it can also be exacerbated and made worse with the pain medication. Prevention is the key.

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