How Can Dentists Help Relieve Migraine Pain?

If you have migraines, you will undoubtedly find a way to stop them. Different factors can cause migraines. Sometimes you might feel a migraine in your head, which may be caused by a problem in your haw and mouth.

Everyone has two temporomandibular joints connecting your jaw’s sides to your skull. They help ease the opening and closing of your mouth when you eat, talk and yawn. However, the pain that starts in these joints or the muscles around them may travel up to your skull and cause a migraine. That is why a dentist may need to relive your migraine pain.

Here are some things you need to know about migraines, including their causes, symptoms, and how to get relief from migraine pain.

What Is A Migraine?

A migraine is a headache which causes a pulsing sensation or a severe throbbing pain, usually on one side of your head. This is often accompanied by vomiting, nausea, and extreme sensitivity to sound and light. The migraine attacks can last for hours to days; this pain can be so severe and interfere with daily activities.

What Are The Symptoms of A Migraine?

The main common symptom of migraine is a headache. The pan is sometimes described as throbbing or pounding. This can begin as a dull ache that develops into a pulsing pain that is mild, severe, or moderate.

Some people may also feel pain around their eyes or temple, and sometimes in the faces, sinuses, neck, or jaws.

Other common symptoms of migraine that may accompany the headache include:

Loss of appetite
Vomiting and nausea, abdominal pain, and upset stomach
Sensitivity to noise, light, and odors
Feeling tired
Pale skin color
Feeling very cold(chills) or warm(sweating)
Tender scalp
Blurred vision
Fever and diarrhea(rare)

What Are The Causes of A Migraine?

The cause of migraines and headaches is complicated and has not yet been fully established. When you have a headache, some specific nerves in your blood vessels send pain signals to your brain. This releases inflammatory substances into the blood vessels and nerves of your head. However, it is unclear why your nerves do so.

Migraine attacks can, however, be triggered by a variety of factors. This includes:

Emotional Stress. This is one of the most common triggers of migraine attacks. When you have stressful events, certain chemicals in you are released to combat the situation, known as the fight or flight response. Unfortunately, releasing these chemicals can bring on a migraine. Other emotions such as worry, anxiety, and excitement can also increase your muscle tension and dilate your blood vessels, making your migraine more severe.
Missing a meal. Delaying a meal can also contribute to your migraine headache
Sensitivity to certain chemicals and preservatives in foods. Some food and beverages such as alcoholic beverages, hot dogs, aged cheese, and food additives such as nitrates found in hot dogs, pepperoni and luncheon meats, and pickled or fermented are responsible for triggering up to 30% of migraines.
Daily use of pain-relieving medications. If you often use medicine to relieve headaches, ten can cause a rebound headache.
Hormonal changes in women. Migraine in women is also more common around the time they have menstrual periods. This is because the abrupt drop in estrogen that triggers menstruation can also trigger migraines.
Fluorescent lights, flashing lights, computers, or light from the tv and sunlight can also trigger migraines