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The Complete Guide to Migraine Headaches by Alice Peart Page 21 of 87
6. Factors That Trigger Migraine Headaches
Migraine headaches may occur suddenly at any time. There may be something
which triggers a migraine attack.
Such triggers could be any dietary, environmental, behavioral, infectious,
hormonal or chemical factors. Presence of such factors may set off migraine
headaches.
However, migraine attacks may occur without any apparent reasons too.
Doctors often advise migraine patients to maintain a regular journal or diary. You
could note down the specific time of occurrence of migraine headaches such as
frequency, duration, your food intake before an attack and other factors like
stress, emotional outbursts, or anxiousness, and similar other plausible reasons
or causes for your migraine attack.
A look through the diary could help you, or your doctor to zero in on common
factors normally occurring before every migraine attack. They could then be
described as your trigger factors.
Trigger factors differ from person to person as intensity and frequency of
occurrence of migraine attacks also differ from person to person.
Nevertheless, a few common triggers are:
¾ Tiredness and exhaustion
¾ Stress from physical and environmental factors
¾ Over-illumination or glare
¾ Missing meals or fasting
¾ Excessive or lack of Sleep
¾ Changes in atmospheric pressure
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