Introduction
Headache is very common in any age group and mainly occurs due to vasodilation, muscle contraction or due to any psychological stress. Menstrual migraine is the headache related to menses that may be beginning before or during or after menstruation. Menstrual migraine usually missed to diagnose or can be considered as simple migraine. The pathophysiology of migraine is the trigemino-vascular system; the sensory afferents originating from the trigeminal ganglion and upper cervical dorsal roots. The migraine pain involves front and back of head and also the upper neck. Mainly seen between the ages of 15 and 19 and between 30 to 40 years of age. Menstrual migraine usually triggered by decrease in estrogen levels. In result when oestrogen levels decrease, serotonin concentration also decrease as estrogen modulates the balance between excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission. In homoeopathy, there are multiple medicines for treating headache- either in school going headache or headache before, during or after menses, after stress, morning headache or according to time and location modalities. More than 100 rubrics and sub-rubrics under the heading head pain and relation with menses.
Read the whole article here 👇, published in The Homoeopathic Heritage journal, March 2022 issue
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Dr Nupur Kumari , MD (Sch)