Migraine summer avoid light stimulation

Wuhan city center hospital neurosurgery HeMiao

Sources: health

        Migraine is a kind of common diseases. A lot of people long attack, but the most terrible than summer. It besides can make a person feel extreme pain outside, still can cause nausea, visual changes and light and sound too sensitive wait for a symptom.

        Migraine patients are very sensitive to light, especially headache attack, obvious photophobia. So, when hot summer the strong sunlight stimulation, cannot send out the body more quantity of heat, causes the body temperature to rise, many in patients with migraine often accompanied by nausea, vomiting or symptom of fatigue. Therefore, we suggest that patients with migraine in summer light strong time (at 10 PM to 4 PM) decrease as far as possible outdoor activities; If you want to go out, should wear sunglasses, sun hat or carry sunshade protective measures to avoid strong direct illuminate. When a headache attack, can immediately will indoor light dim or close my eyes. Generally speaking, as long as sleep half an hour, migraine will to ease.

        The us magazine, science online news has reported on a study, the results showed that the optic nerve head pain and the human eye has close relations, namely the light bright, head the pain. Responsible for the study of the red rice steyn professor explanation, the light is bright, pain neural activity is enhanced. The light put out, this kind of activity and lasts 20 ~ 30 minutes.

        In addition, migraine patients life must rule, less smoking and drinking, food avoid spicy food, eat less monosodium glutamate, coffee, cheese, chocolate and citrus and other food. Sausage, hot dogs, ham, bacon and pickled smoked meat and processed meat and nitrite content is higher food, usually also should eat less as far as possible.