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Migraine Massage 1 Glossary abdominal migraines abortive migraine therapies analgesics pain in the belly (stomach pain, nausea, cramping, vomiting) that usually occurs in children in families with a history of migraines; migraines usually develop in adulthood therapies that focus on ending or reducing the severity of migraines any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain, that act in various ways on the peripheral and central nervous systems aura perceptual disturbance experienced by some with migraines before either the headache or seizure begins, often manifesting as the perception of a strange light, an unpleasant smell, or confusing thoughts or experiences basilar migraines a rare migraine headache with neurological symptoms which begin either in the base of the brain or from both sides of the brain at the same time; i.e. brainstem or both cerebral hemispheres chronic migraines when patients suffer migraines over 50 percent of the time; treatment focuses on migraine triggers a daily, chronic tension-type headache along with a recurrent migraine-like coexisting headache headaches complicated an outdated term referring to prolonged migraine aura or migraines ophthalmoplegic migraine cyclic migraines an outdated term referring to heavy migraine attacks followed by a period free from migraines endorphins any of a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system, peptides that activate the body's opiate receptors, causing an analgesic effect ergots alkaloids obtained from the ergot fungus used to alleviate pain estrogen any of a group of steroid hormones that promote the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the body indomethacin a compound with anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic properties, used chiefly to treat rheumatoid arthritis and gout medication chronic daily headache and a secondary disorder in which acute overuse headache medications used excessively causes headache in a headache-prone patient menstrual migraines with irregular symptoms that occur during a woman’s migraines menstrual period or ovulation or just after the menstrual period migraine pain pain that results when excited brain cells trigger the trigeminal nerve to release chemicals that irritate and cause swelling of blood vessels on the surface of the brain migraines a recurrent throbbing headache that typically affects one side of the head and is often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision, consisting of at least five episodes that last between four and 72 hours without treatment migraine triggers a wide variety of events that may cause a migraine to occur Migraine Massage ocular or ophthalmic migraines nocturnal migraines opiates postdrome phase postural hypotension preventive migraine therapies prodome phase progesterone serotonin status migraines substance P tension-type headaches transformed migraines triptans 2 including hormonal level, weather or sleep changes, specific foods or types of stimulation migraines that cause pain, vision loss or blindness in one eye lasting less than an hour; this loss can occur during the migraine or after the headache has subsided migraines that occur either in the middle of the night or early morning hours a drug with morphine-like effects, derived from opium debilitating symptoms including lack of energy, confusion, dizziness cloud thinking or depression in the final migraine phase after pain has subsided a systolic blood pressure decrease of at least 20 mm Hg or a diastolic blood pressure decrease of at least 10 mm Hg within three minutes of standing preventing migraines by either reducing or eliminating migraine triggers or treating the physical cause of migraines an early symptom (or set of symptoms) that might indicate the start of a disease before specific symptoms occur a steroid hormone released by the corpus luteum that stimulates the uterus to prepare for pregnancy a compound present in blood platelets and serum that constricts the blood vessels and acts as a neurotransmitter severe migraine headache without aura, lasting longer than 72 hours a compound thought to be involved in the synaptic transmission of pain and other nerve impulses; a polypeptide with eleven amino-acid residues headaches that develop after years of migraine headaches and are described as a diffuse, mild to moderate head pain that feels like a tight band around the head chronic, daily headaches with a vascular quality (meaning that they are throbbing in nature); pain sensation changes with the frequency, going from straight migraine-type pain to a different pain family of tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraines and cluster headaches that are effective at treating individual headaches, but do not provide preventative treatment or a cure