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Different types of headache:
- Headache of tension, most usual
Mild to moderate pain, aching; duration of 30 minutes to several hours; in the form of tightness or pressure on the head: no nausea or vomiting, no aura; little or no sensitivity to light or noise - New persistent daily headache
Duration of at least four hours a day; Usually occurs in periods of 15 days a month for three months; located on one or both sides of the head; constant pain; no aura - Cluster headache
Severe pain; duration of 30 minutes to 3 hours; can occur several times a day for months; located on one side of the head, focused on the eye or temple; pain that can be described as sharp or throbbing - Migraine
Moderate to severe pain; duration of 4 hours to 3 days; periodic occurrence; several a month to several a year; located on one or both sides of the head; pulsating or throbbing pain; nausea, perhaps with vomiting; aura
90% of headaches are tension pain that get better with moderate physical activity. On the contrary, migraine worsens with physical activity, you feel nausea, like vomiting or sensitivity to light.
10% of the population suffers from migraines, between 35 and 45 years, and women are three times more affected than men.
Migraine is a common but complex neurological disease resulting from a mosaic of mechanisms, all of whose causes are not yet well understood.
Our specialist will seek to list these mechanisms causing your migraines and discover triggers to find the best treatment to apply.
The essential migraine has a sudden aura with severe headaches with pulsations on one side of the head, usually accompanied by vegetative symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light or sound, and lasts from 2 to 72 hours.
15% of migraine patients have visual disturbances such as glare, loss or reduction of the field of vision, flashes of light, irregular pattern, double image or sensory disturbances, speech or motor disorders up to “true symptoms of paralysis”, We will need to eliminate all general pathology before undertaking mesotherapy.
Our Specialist discovered, 20 years ago, special substances applied as part of Swiss-Antiage Label Mesotherapy to reduce or even eliminate migraine for 1, 2 or 3 years in one or two sessions.