HEADACHES AND WOMEN

DO YOU SUFFER FROM SINUS HEADACHES ON A REGULAR BASIS...LIKE ONCE A MONTH OR SO? DO YOU FIND THAT YOUR SINUS HEADACHE LASTS FOR A DAY AND SEEMS TO GO AWAY SHORTLY THEREAFTER? IF YOU ARE A FEMALE AND IN YOUR REPRODUCTIVE YEARS, THE ODDS ARE QUITE GOOD THAT YO MAY NOT BE EXPERIENCING SINUS PROBLEMS. YOU COULD BE DEALING WITH A VASTLY UNDERECOGNIZED PROBLEM CALLED A MENSTRUAL MIGRAINE. MENSTRUAL MIGRAINES USUALLY OCCUR AROUND THE FIRST DAY OF A WOMAN'S MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITION THEY USUALLY HAPPEN TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE MONTHS. THE SYMPTOMS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO A SINUS HEADACHE BUT TREATMENT AIMED AT MIGRAINES ARE FAR MORE EFFECTIVE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CASES WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRING IT UP WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN....ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING HEADACHES AND JUST PUTTING UP WITH THEM BECAUSE YOU THINK THERE IS NO ANSWER OR HELP.

THERE IS MORE ART THAN SCIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING A DIAGNOSIS. AS PHYSICIANS WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR PATIENTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. IT IS THE HISTORY....THE ACTUAL STORY BEHIND THE ILLNESS..THAT GIVES US OUR BEST ANSWERS. THE KEY TO DIAGNOSING A MENSTRUAL MIGRAINE IS FINDING OUT WHEN IT HAPPENS AND DETAILS SURROUNDING IT. I OFTEN TELL MY PATIENTS TO MAKE A DIARY AND WRITE DOWN WHEN THE HEADACHES OCCUR AND WHAT HAPPENS.




IT SOUNDS SO SIMPLE, BUT CONTROLLING A HEADACHE CAN MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN A PERSON'S LIFE. THINGS WE COMMONLY TAKE FOR GRANTED LIKE EXCERCISE AND TIME WITH FRIENDS CAN BE SEVERELY COMPROMISED IF WE HAVE HEADACHES. YOU NEED TO WORK WITH YOUR DOCTOR TO FIND ANSWERS. IT IS MOST IMPORTANT NOT TO GIVE UP. I AM DR BRIAN MCDONOUGH

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