Nasal cavities and migraine
Here’s yet another surgery for migraine. Of course, surgery is generally a long long way from your first options when it comes to migraine. Still, it may be that this will be the solution for some of my readers in the future.
The study was done at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, USA. The improvement? Number of days with migraine attacks cut in half, and the attacks were less severe.
The surgery? A simple one, called endoscopic nasal surgery. Apparently some people have nasal cavities that press on each other. Why would this cause problems? Well, it could be that a migraine is triggered because the trigeminal nerve is stimulated. It may be that certain chemicals are released that are triggering symptoms.
Dr Andrew Dowson, medical advisor of Migraine Action Association, believes that there may be a connection between nasal contact triggers and PFO triggers. "Conditions such as intranasal contact points and a hole in the heart probably generate added ‘neurological noise’," he told BBC news.