Most people will pop a painkiller and hope the pain goes away quickly.
Left untreated, the pain can last anywhere from four to 72 hours and reduces the patient to a low functioning level. Ten days later, she experienced a sharp pain on the right side of her head while she was chairing a meeting at work. She collapsed and was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. Norhakimi says, “Later, the neurologist and gynaecologist ruled out contraceptive injections as being the cause of my migraine. I still don’t know what started it.It has been one long journey of pain and painkillers for Norhakimi, who eventually quit her job after 20 years in the human resources industry as she could no longer stand criticisms from her colleagues.“A headache is like a toothache – you don’t know how I’m feeling, but the pain is there.
One in seven persons is afflicted with migraine , while 70% of the population worldwide suffers from tension-type headaches. The long-term effort of coping with a chronic headache disorder may also predispose the individual to other illnesses. It’s not easy to diagnose migraine and studies show that over two-thirds of migraine sufferers have either not consulted a neurologist for their condition or have stopped doing so.“There is a mixed bag of symptoms that occur before a migraine is triggered and the pain level can be anywhere from moderate to severe.
She says, “I tell them to keep a diary and note down everything for at least two months, so that we can tell whether the migraines are chronic or episodal . Administered as a once-monthly subcutaneous injection, Pasurta is currently indicated for the treatment of migraine in adults who have experienced four or more migraine days a month.