Migraine management

Abstract

Being one of the most occurring primary types of headache, migraine may occur at any age and to anyone. It is usually characterized by mild to severe throbbing pain that may be accompanied by photophobia, phonophobia, osmophobia and nausea. Even though the exact cause of migraine is unknown, it can be triggered by different types of behavioral, environmental, dietary, infectious, chemical and hormonal factors. Therefore, avoiding the triggers at any cost could be the simplistic way of reducing the headache recurrence. Many acute and preventative treatment plans have emerged in recent years to give relief from migraine attacks in patients. These pain management options may start from simple analgesics to the recent invention of electrical devices. All these treatment choices have tried to ease the pain in individual migraineurs. However, these options are unable to cure migraine, as of today. As a result, continuous research works and studies are going on to combat this chronic pain and it is very important to keep both the patients and physicians up to date about the recent advancements in this field. In fact, it can be said that this kind of advanced knowledge will help to manage migraine in a more successful manner indeed. So, the aim of this review paper is to assemble approximately all the migraine related pain management plans in one scientific report, including the novel approaches that are still in clinical trials. In addition to that, compilation of the potential side effects caused by each treatment option as well as the success rate of such treatment options are also included, so that can help to recommend some of the best suited and popular treatment options for different types of migraine sufferers.