Migraine is a kind of recurrent throbbing headache in one or both temporal regions, which usually starts in adolescence and most often occurs in women aged 25 to 34. Although men also suffer from migraine, the incidence rate of women is three to four times higher than that of men, which makes many female friends cry out unfairly! So why do migraines favor women more? Female migraines are closely related to the neurochemical effects of estrogen. First of all, women during menstruation, the body’s estrogen content surges, can stimulate the body to produce a neurochemical called “serum base”, this substance selectively excites a certain region of the brain, and affect the blood circulation there, leading to emotional agitation, restlessness, sleep, thus causing migraine headaches. Secondly, there is an “accomplice” in migraine headaches “push”. In the ovulation or menstruation before and after, the blood of prostaglandins will be released in large quantities. Prostaglandin is an “accomplice”, it has the role of dilation of blood vessels, relaxation of smooth muscle, so that vasoconstriction, diastolic dysfunction, is also one of the causes of migraine. Finally, the blood of andorphine is a “dereliction of duty”, due to the adverse effects of serum base, so that the secretion of andorphine decreased, and andorphine has analgesic, sedative and stabilizing the role of mood. Due to the increase of prostaglandins, the decrease of andorphine, an “accomplice”, a “dereliction of duty”, more serious degree of migraine. Therefore, scientists jokingly called migraine as “menstrual migraine”. Can oral contraceptives reduce migraines? Migraine headaches often occur during menstruation, but the number of attacks decreases or even stops during pregnancy or after menopause. Therefore, many women take oral contraceptive pills to relieve their symptoms during migraine attacks, is this a good practice? Some women’s migraines improve when they take birth control pills, but some women’s symptoms may be worse, and birth control pills may even be a migraine trigger! If your migraines get worse after taking the pill, you should stop taking the pill immediately. Stopping the pill can reduce the symptoms of migraines, but it may take up to a year before they gradually get better. In addition, experts especially remind women with migraines who have high blood pressure or are smokers that taking birth control pills may increase the risk of stroke, especially those who take high doses of birth control pills. Therefore, women who need contraception should try to take the lowest possible dose and preferably choose other forms of contraception. Preventive health care methods for migraine sufferers I. Dietary health care Avoid migraine-inducing foods: 1, high tyramine-containing foods, such as coffee, chocolate, dairy products; 2, animal fats, which induces migraine accounted for 49.8% of the total food factors, strict control can prevent migraine attacks; 3, alcoholic beverages: especially red wine, white wine, lemonade, citrus, ice cream, etc.; 4, beef sausage, meat cured products, soy sauce, etc.; 5, beef sausages. Meat pickles, soy sauce, etc. Pay attention to the regularity of life, avoid excessive fatigue, stress, and prevention of sub-health. Find out the factors that induce and relieve headache and avoid them as much as possible. For example, avoid certain foods, maintain a regular work schedule, regular diet. Whether on weekdays, weekends or holidays, adherence to these programs is important to alleviate headache attacks, and acceptance of these recommendations helped 30% of patients. Others advocate regular exercise, such as long-distance running, which can effectively reduce headache attacks. Third, mental health care migraine sufferers should have both the peace of mind, once the migraine attack, do not be irritable. The more irritable you are, the stronger the headache feeling is, the clearer the memory is, and the lower your mood is after the attack, and the bad mood is the factor that triggers the next migraine. Therefore, it is very important to regulate your mind!