Migraine is a neurological syndrome characterized by altered bodily perceptions, severe headaches, and nausea. Physiologically, the migraine headache is a neurological condition more common to women than to men. The typical migraine headache is unilateral (affecting one half of the head) and pulsating, lasting from 4 to 72 hours; symptoms include nausea, vomiting, photophobia(increased sensitivity to light), and phonophobia(increased sensitivity to sound). Approximately one-third of people who suffer migraine headache perceive an aura-unusual visual, olfactory, or other sensory experiences that are a sign that the migraine will soon occur.
Initial treatment is with analgesics for the headache, an antimetic for the nausea, and the avoidance of triggering conditions. The cause of migraine headache is unknown; the most common theory is a disorder of the serotonergic control system.
There are migraine headache variants, some originate in the brainstem (featuring intercellular transport dysfunction of calcium and potassium ions) and some are genetically disposed. Moreover, fluctuating hormone levels indicate a migraine relation: 75 percent of adult patients are women, although migraine affects approximately equal numbers of prepubescent boys and girls; propensity to migraine headache is known to disappear during pregnancy, although in some women migraines may become more frequent during pregnancy.
If you wondered what migraine is and how did it actually feels like? I guessed the above descriptions can let you have an imagination of migraine.
I first discovered myself with migraine was a few years back, when I was 17 years old. I don't have a clue of what is happening that time....I was sitting inside the church, when all of a sudden my visions were blurred by the disturbing light of aura~ I thought something went into my eyes as I was sleepy that time....the sense of aura became stronger and the disgusting feeling of it became so strong it makes me felt sick instantly~ Every sound around me, either it's the homily or the prayer by the priest, and even the voices of the singing choir makes me felt even sicker!
I was like, what the hell is happening? this is getting not normal~ I tried to fight back all those awful torturing feelings~ I try rubbing my eyes, and closing it for a few times, but nothing seems to take away the aura nor the nauseaness~ things got worse when the church service came to the holy communion part as we have to stand and kneel continuously for a few times...I started to felt like puking and vomiting~ sounded like a pregnant lady huh? ==" I fight back as hard as I can and try to overcome those disgusting torturing awful feelings~
There was a couple of times I almost ran to the toilet cuz the breakfast I ate that morning had reached my throat, but I only swallowed it back down~ *yuck* After about 20 - 30 minutes~ the light of aura started to disappear but the nauseaness still stays~ Just right after the aura was no where at sight, the pain started to attack~ you have to feel it yourself to know the pain~ it's undescribable with words.....and the pain is so much different from the usual headaches.....
I felt like someone had just shot one side of my head with a gun~ the pain only attacks one side of the head, and the pain was excruciating~ I can't stand the painful feelings anymore, I dropped when I was in the car~ My mum realized my painful expression and tried to ask me what's going on....but even the slightest sound and light felt like adding the nauseaness and the pain level of my head~ I finally rushed to the toilet upon reaching my grandmother's house! After vomitting, it felt much lighter and better~ felt like half of the nauseaness had left instantly.....I get a short nap right after that....
When the same thing occured for the second and third time, my mum brought me to the doctor. The doctor diagnosed it as migraine....that was when I found out my mum suffered from migraine as well when she was young....it only disappeared after she was pregnant with me.....I was like @.@ what kind of sickness is this?! the longest migraine pain I suffered was three days~ I can't really remembered when was it already.....But I was sleeping most of the time for the three whole days in my dark + no music room~ It was so serious I vomitted everything I consumed for that three continuous days~ The blurred vision and nauseaness never really left my head, cuz as soon as it left, it came right back when I opened my eyes~ I even miscounted how many times I vomitted for that three days~ So I refused to drink even a cup of water....All I ate was "ham moi" and my mum even made me "ham moi" drink to reduce the uneasy feeling~ It was the worst one from all the usual attacks, I have to swallow the strong migraine pain killer tablets everyday for that three continuous day~
Now~ after years....the attacks has become normal and I am used to it already....I prefered not to take any medication for it, even the pain killer...So all I do was "fight the awful feeling" everytime it attacks.....I don wan to be dependable on drugs so much cuz it surely will affect my antibody and the capability of enduring a pain....it will attack once every month....just a week before my period~ gosh~ hormones are highly related with my migraines, not to mentioned, the genetic issues as well.....My friends were all so worried about me when it attacked, I still remembered I always vomit in the class back then, especially during exam~ It always shocked my whole class of friends every single time it occured and my condition actually made them got worried as well....since SPM will be coming soon~ After we graduated from form 5, not only I was known as the "ketua tingkatan" but also the "vomit princess" LOL!!!
My friends always jokingly told me to get pregnant soon, as my mum's migraine sickness disappeared after she was pregnant with me~ so it makes me wondered everytime.....will it really be gone from me one day later? Or do I have to suffer from it for the rest of my life? Will this continued to be passed to my children in the future?
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