Migraine can have a negative impact on sleep

Migraine can have a negative impact on sleep


“The key to the control of the migraine is to stabilize the brain and get back full health” – Thaís Villa, neurologist

Those suffering from migraine – more than a billion people in the world, according to those who – know how a crisis of disability can be. Among the various symptoms that this complex disease can present, insomnia is quite common and debilitating. It is characterized as a difficulty in starting sleep or keeping it.




Migraine causes and preventions

The neurologist Thas Villa, a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of migraine. Founder of the largest integrated assistance center for illness in Latin America, he explains. “Cerebral hyperexcitability which is the basis of the functioning of the migraine brain makes you not able to” turn off “the mind. Or, it wakes up in the middle of the night, always with that acceleration of thoughts that, even when you awakening, does not give a respite and makes the person even more exhausted during the day.

Sleeping well is so essential for the health that this year on March 15 he celebrated “World Sleep Day”. With the theme “Making sleep health a priority”, the date recalls that good sleep quality should be a daily concern of all people.

Quality sleep affects everything

Sleep deprivation has an impact on people’s health and well -being. Those who sleep badly are more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, alzheimers or psychiatric diseases. Do not sleep what is necessary to influence the reasoning, concentration and memorization of people, which are more susceptible to oblivion or distractions.

In the case of people who suffer from migraine, the neurologist Thaís Villa underlines: “Do not sleep or face sleepless nights can cause damage to memory, attention, to the regulation of mood and the metabolism, which can make the person fatteen or have difficulty in losing weight even dedicate days and hours to the gym”.

Migraine is a serious matter

“There is an efficient treatment for migraine and should take care of the patient as a unique being, with a multidisciplinary professional team to guide the use of cutting medicines and non -pharmacological methods to avoid convulsions, in order not to further aggravate the symptoms of the hemicrania or bring other complications. The key to the control of the hemicrania is to stabilize the brain and have complete health”, he emphasizes the neurologist.

“Headache cannot be normalized and migraine cannot be trivialized, it is a chronic and extremely debilitating disease with a difficult journey that needs attention, integrated treatments and efficient treatment so that the patient can live with less pain and a better quality of life”, adds Thaís Villa.

Source: Terra

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