Be on the lookout for migraines as the weather gets colder

The weather is getting colder and colder. This is not good news for migraine sufferers. The colder weather makes it more likely to trigger migraine attacks. Migraine, as a recurring headache syndrome, is more sensitive to changes in the weather and patients should be more careful in dealing with it. This is because when the cold wave comes, the patient’s body, stimulated by the cold, reflexively causes the spasm of the temporal artery and its branches to become thinner, and when the spasm reaches its maximum, the spasm turns into passive dilation, and there is arterial rage, filling, and enhanced pulsation, and the blood flow impinges on the nociceptive nerve endings in the wall of the dilated artery, eventually triggering a migraine attack. Migraine attacks are not only physically painful, but also mentally torturous. In order to reduce migraine attacks and mitigate the damage caused by migraine, patients and their families can protect themselves from the following aspects so that they can stop having headaches this winter. 1. Pay attention to warmth: Since migraine can be triggered by cold, it is necessary to keep patients warm, especially for the head. Try to stay outdoors for a long time in winter, and try to stay in a normal temperature indoor, and try to adjust some sports that are done outdoors to indoor or other sports, and if you have to go out, try to wear a hat to keep the temperature of your head. 2. Don’t contact with computer and TV for a long time: Because of the need of migraine patients to keep warm, the time that patients stay indoors will become longer, which increases the chance of patients facing computer and TV for a long time. However, patients should not face computer TV for a long time, because facing computer screen for a long time will lead to electromagnetic radiation, and long time electromagnetic radiation will lead to eye fatigue of patients, and eye fatigue of patients will easily deplete liver and blood and cause internal movement of liver wind, which will eventually lead to migraine attacks. 3.Establish a good work and rest system and combine work and rest: In winter, patients should relax themselves to reduce the attack of migraine caused by mental tension and avoid overworking, and can choose to take a warm bath, do yoga and other relaxing exercises to avoid the attack of headache. Patients should also maintain a quiet environment, maintain a regular work and rest schedule, sleep regularly, ensure that they go to bed on time, and ensure that they do not stay up late.