Abort a Status migraine: Don't Suffer With It

According to "experts" most of the status attacks come about by the abuse of ergot, or narcotic medications. So if you take quite a bit of pain medicine for your migraines you will have to cut back.

Don't get mad, we'll explain the steps below if that is the case, to help your migraines.

In migraine attacks, nausea, and vomiting are always present.

In a status migraine attack you can dehydrate because of the duration of the migraine attack. If you seek treatment you will probably be given fluids, and something to help you abort your migraine.

It will be some type of IV such as "magnesium sulfate" since you couldn't get rid of it at home.

You will be monitored very closely. Although a status headache doesn't single a underlying disease, the pain, and nausea are so severe it sends many to the hospital to bring the pain to a halt.

What sets this migraine apart from the ones that you may be able to abort, is the time length.

Like I said above, this migraine can last from a couple of days to a week or more. When you are throwing up, and also have diarrhea, it doesn't take long to become dehydrated.

Why is a status migraine so dangerous?

Any time you have a migraine your blood vessels are in a state of constricting, and dilating .

There is always a possibility of a stroke in migraine sufferers, more so than non migraine sufferers. When a migraine goes on for days, the odds of a stroke are much greater.

You should go to the ER, and receive the appropriate help for your migraine. With a status migraine it may not be possible to abort it yourself.

As with all migraines you should be aware of some of the triggers that can cause headaches, and with status migraine it is no different than other migraines with your triggers.

First, and foremost, you will have to get rid of the status migraine. It wasn't any fun was it?

The first step to not finding yourself with a headache like that again is,*(1)Do everything by the book to not trigger your migraine, and everything you can to prevent other migraines.

By that I mean you may be doing something to trigger your migraines.

If this is the case, and (I'm not saying it is) you could easily keep your head hurting. It won't hurt to read the migraine food triggers page to make for sure.

One thing that you may do, such as eating a certain food, may not give you a migraine. But if you add stress to that, and maybe eat a hot dog (MSG), and drink a beer, your threshold could go on in to a migraine.

Every time you do this, and not give it a minutes thought, you may be suffering with migraines from it.

I'm not saying you do, but suppose each time you have a headache, and take a pain medicine to relieve your migraine, you may end up with a status migraine after awhile.

This is just a thought, but does this apply to you?

Ask your doctor about this. You will have to find a headache specialist for this.

Some general practitioners don't understand migraines, and don't mind dishing out the pain pills. First of all, I would cut back on the pain medicine if this is the case, then I would get the doctor to prescribe a preventive medicine.

If you take pain medicine(to much), and also a preventive, the preventive will not be as effective in preventing you from having a status migraine.

You can also buy supplements for migraines that work. Headache specialists recommend them. Migrelief is a great one.Read customer reviews. It has magnesium for migraines, feverfew for migraines, and also riboflavin (B2).

We've found out that we can't take to many pain pills, check for your migraine triggers, take preventives, and educate yourself on migraines.

Add all of this together in that order, and you just may find yourself with no more status migraine.

But also remember that sometimes this migraine occurs with no apparent "cause". Let's look at more info on status migraines, from these two web sites.

Our last page was on optical migraines, and our next page discuses frequent migraines.

All the best for those migraines

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