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A recent US study published by Dr Nouchine Hadjikhani of The Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital in the November online issue of Neurology reveals that the cortex area of the brain is thicker in people who have migraines, although researchers have not yet determined whether the difference causes the migraine or having migraine over the years is the reason for the changes in the brain structure. Through the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Dr Hadjikhani and his team discovered that people who suffered from migraine had an average 21 per cent thicker SSCs and that the most important differences in cortical thickness were in the caudal (tail) SSC which processes sensations from the trigeminal area, the head and the face.

片頭痛は深刻な症状の場合には何もできなくなることがあり、ただ横たわるのに暗くて、静かな場所を見つけることしか考えられなくさせる。 女性の最大17％と男性の最大6％は片頭痛を経験したことがある。

痛みのひどい頭痛の場合、前兆と呼ばれる危険信号が先行、もしくは伴い、フラッシュや盲点、腕や脚に痛みが走ることがある。また片頭痛は吐き気や嘔吐（おうと）、光や音に対して極度に敏感になるなどといったその他の症状や合図を伴うことが多い。痛みは耐えがたい場合があり、何時間、もしくは何日も何もできない状態にさせることもある。

幸い、片頭痛の痛みの管理はここ10年間で劇的に改善された。もし過去に医者に診てもらったことがあり、あまりよくならなかったのであれば、別の医者をたずねてもいいころだろう。治療法はいまだにないが、薬による治療で頻度を減らし、一度始まった痛みを止めることができる。生活習慣を変えたり、正しい薬を自己流の治療と組み合わせると、大きな違いがあるかもしれない。

Migraine may root from family history. If the parents experienced migraines, there’s a superior chance that one will inherit it too. If a person is young and female, there is also a moderately higher risk of migraines. Women are three times more prone to have migraines than men are.

A woman with migraine may find that headaches occur before or shortly after their menstruation. Migraine attacks may also adjust during pregnancy or menopause. If pregnancy or menstruation affects a woman’s migraine, the headaches are also possible to get worse if one takes birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

Stroke and Migraine have similar signs, which may lead someone in believing that they are experiencing a stroke. A migraine is a type of severe, sporadically returning headache, usually limited to one side of the head or may affect both sides. While a stroke, is a disruption in the blood supply to the brain. It is commonly referred to as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). A migraine doesn’t grounds to a brain damage, either in the short or long term. Stroke consequences to a brain damage, which varies from mild to disabling. In rigorous cases, a stroke can cause coma or death.