Migraine is a neurological disorder that causes moderate-to-severe headaches. The pain often affects one side of the head, but can affect both, and is generally associated with nausea, light sensitivity and sound sensitivity.
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ICD-10 ChapterVI: Diseases of the Nervous System 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Condition Class First Described Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category)Idiopathic / Multifactorial 3 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Diseases of the nervous system
2. Wikipedia: Non-communicable disease
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NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
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NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
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Migraine is a neurological disorder that causes moderate-to-severe headaches.
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A description consistent with migraine is contained in the Ebers Papyrus, written around 1500 BCE in ancient Egypt.
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Many pharmaceutical drugs exist as nasal sprays for systemic administration (e.g. sedative-analgesics, treatments for migraine, osteoporosis and nausea).
Prevention of migraine attacks (Wikipedia)
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Preventive (also called prophylactic) treatment of migraine can be an important component of migraine management.
Acupressure (Wikipedia)
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Although some medical studies have suggested that acupressure may be effective at helping manage nausea and vomiting, insomnia, low back pain, migraines, and constipation, among other things, such studies have been found to have a high likelihood of bias.
Autogenic training (Wikipedia)
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They also found that AT was also effective in the following psychosomatic disorders: mild-to-moderate hypertension, coronary heart disease, Raynaud's disease, and tension headache and migraine.
Medical cannibalism (Wikipedia)
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Much of medical cannibalism applied the principles of sympathetic magic, for example that powdered blood helps bleeding, human fat helps bruising, and powdered skulls help with migraines or dizziness.
Max Gerson (Wikipedia)
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Initially, he used his therapy as a supposed treatment for migraine headaches and tuberculosis.
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