Pressure point."Against the Migraine migraine (mī`grān), headache characterized by recurrent attacks of severe pain, usually on one side of the head. It may be preceded by flashes or spots before the eyes or a ringing in the ears, and accompanied by double vision, nausea, " (SN: 2/19/05, p. 119) mentions several possible triggers for migraines (tool) MIGRAINES - A graphical user interface for evaluating and interacting with the Aspirin neural network simulation. Utilities exist for moving quickly from an Aspirin description of a network directly to an executable program for simulating and evaluating that network. , with a patent foramen ovale patent foramen ovale PFO Cardiology An opening between the left and right atria which allows blood to bypass the lungs in utero; the FO normally closes shortly after birth, but remains open in up to 20%; a PFO is, in absence of other cardiac defects, is of no consequence being one. There is also the change-in-weather trigger, from which I suffer. All the symptoms mentioned in the article could cause a fairly sudden change in blood pressure. A weather-related change in barometric pressure might have the same effect. I wonder if there's a common mechanism in how migraine victims' bodies handle changes in pressure. DOTTI LYDECKER, LAKE SAN MARCOS San Marcos (săn mär`kəs). 1 City (1990 pop. 38,974), San Diego co., S Calif., a northern suburb of San Diego; settled 1880s, inc. 1963. , CALIF. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion