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A complete guide on how to treat and prevent migraines.
Though often viewed as a “women’s ailment,” migraines affect nearly 15 percent of the world’s population. In addition to the effect migraines have on the sufferers’ quality of life, they also carry an economic cost, felt especially in the form of lost work time. But by recognizing the problem and taking necessary action, migraine sufferers today can take back control of their lives.
This comprehensive, easy-to-read guide to migraine management answers all the most pressing questions of sufferers and those concerned for their health. Clinical neurologist Dr. Elizabeth Leroux explains what can predispose a person to experiencing migraines, what can trigger them, their phases, and the three recommended lines of treatment: lifestyle changes, crisis management, and preventative therapy. Emphasizing the need for good doctor-patient communication in a field where misunderstanding and frustration is too-often the norm, this book is as much a tool for health care professionals as it is for migraine sufferers and their families.
Though often viewed as a “women’s ailment,” migraines affect nearly 15 percent of the world’s population. In addition to the effect migraines have on the sufferers’ quality of life, they also carry an economic cost, felt especially in the form of lost work time. But by recognizing the problem and taking necessary action, migraine sufferers today can take back control of their lives.
This comprehensive, easy-to-read guide to migraine management answers all the most pressing questions of sufferers and those concerned for their health. Clinical neurologist Dr. Elizabeth Leroux explains what can predispose a person to experiencing migraines, what can trigger them, their phases, and the three recommended lines of treatment: lifestyle changes, crisis management, and preventative therapy. Emphasizing the need for good doctor-patient communication in a field where misunderstanding and frustration is too-often the norm, this book is as much a tool for health care professionals as it is for migraine sufferers and their families.
Price: $22.99
Pages: 176
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Series: Your Health
Publication Date:
19 April 2016
Trim Size: 10.00 X 7.00 in
ISBN: 9781459732896
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
HEALTH & FITNESS / Pain Management, Coping with illness & specific conditions, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Nervous System (incl. Brain), HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, Pain & pain management
Dr. Elizabeth Leroux is a neurologist specializing in headache medicine. She directs the Headache and Migraine Clinic at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire in Montreal, where she works in the management and research of headache symptoms. Convinced that migraine treatment can be improved, she is an active member of the Canadian Headache Society and the founder of Migraine Quebec, a web resource for migraine sufferers. She lives in Montreal.
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION – Understand More, Live Better
- CHAPTER 1 – Migraine or Headache?
- Diagnosing Headaches
- Diagnosing Migraine
- Other Diagnoses
- CHAPTER 2 – History of Migraine and its Epidemiology
- Migraine in Society
- Why is Migraine Not Taken Seriously?
- CHAPTER 3 – Symptoms and Biology of a Migraine Attack
- Research Techniques
- On a Macroscopic Level: Brain Structures
- On a Microscopic Level: Electricity and Chemical Communication
- Phases of a Migraine Attack
- CHAPTER 4 – Categories of Migraine and Links to Other Diseases
- Migraine Type by Attack Frequency
- Chronification Factors
- Migraine and Other Diseases
- CHAPTER 5 – Complex Therapeutic Choices
- Doctor-Patient Communication: A Tall Order!
- How Do You Choose the Right Therapeutic Approach?
- A Holistic Approach to Migraine: The Three Pillars of Treatment
- A Few Basic Concepts About Medications
- Treatment Effectiveness: Scientific Studies, the Placebo and Nocebo Effects
- Medications and Natural Products
- Interventions that Are Difficult to Study Scientifically
- Keeping an Open Mind and Collaborating
- CHAPTER 6 – Anti-Migraine Lifestyle Habits
- Attack Triggers
- Anti-Migraine Lifestyle Habits
- CHAPTER 7 – Killing the Attack
- The Goal of Migraine Attack Treatment
- Available Treatments
- Other Techniques: Optimizing the Treatment
- A Few Thoughts About Migraine Attack Treatments
- The Status Migrainosus: An Attack Without End
- CHAPTER 8 – Preventing Attacks
- Available Treatments
- How are Preventive Treatments Used?
- Neuromodulation, a New Approach
- The Obstacle Course
- CONCLUSION – Education, Collaboration, Facilities and Research!
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- TO LEARN MORE…
- RESOURCES
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS