Nasal surgery for migraines?
Nasal surgery may ease migraines for some - Yahoo! News: "Nasal surgery may ease migraines for some
By David Douglas Thu Jul 7,11:28 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It seems that for some migraine sufferers, their headaches are caused -- or at least worsened -- when opposite surfaces within sinuses or nasal cavities touch. Now researchers have shown that surgical correction of these contact points can bring substantial relief for some such patients.
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'We are very excited and think this procedure will change the course of treatment for migraine sufferers and other headache patients,' lead researcher Dr. Fereidoon Behin told Reuters Health,
Intranasal contact points are believed to lead to the phenomenon of referred pain, in the trigeminal nerve. In fact, as Behin and colleagues note in the medical journal Cephalalgia, 'mucosal contact headache is a newly added secondary headache disorder in the International Classification of Headache Disorders.'"
My Take:
Wow. Nasal surgery you say. I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole. Except DURING a migraine, in which case someone, anyone, cut off my whole freakin' head! PLEASE!
By David Douglas Thu Jul 7,11:28 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It seems that for some migraine sufferers, their headaches are caused -- or at least worsened -- when opposite surfaces within sinuses or nasal cavities touch. Now researchers have shown that surgical correction of these contact points can bring substantial relief for some such patients.
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'We are very excited and think this procedure will change the course of treatment for migraine sufferers and other headache patients,' lead researcher Dr. Fereidoon Behin told Reuters Health,
Intranasal contact points are believed to lead to the phenomenon of referred pain, in the trigeminal nerve. In fact, as Behin and colleagues note in the medical journal Cephalalgia, 'mucosal contact headache is a newly added secondary headache disorder in the International Classification of Headache Disorders.'"
My Take:
Wow. Nasal surgery you say. I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole. Except DURING a migraine, in which case someone, anyone, cut off my whole freakin' head! PLEASE!
posted by Ron King at 11:30 PM
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