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Migraines Improved pain therapy by the nose works

A recent research found that the so-called migraine headache can be easily stunned. The scientists were able to determine in a study that the headache in the so-called Flügelgaumenganglion can be quasi quit. This is what the current GEO magazine reports in its June issue, referring to a medical team headed by Kenneth Mandato from the Albany Medical Center.

A new therapy could reduce the suffering of migraine sufferers. (Image: psdesign1 / fotolia)

Sufferers suffer from a massive migraine headache, often one-sided, often associated with nausea and vomiting. The pain is often only tolerated in the dark and closed eyes. It is still unclear how such seizures occur. This also means that treating this condition is not easy. Because the migraine is different from patient to patient. Probably the triggers are very different. A bright spot could now be a US study of the Albany Medical Center in Albany. The physicians were able to gain amazing results.

Stun by a probe
As the magazine GEO continues to report, "the pain subsides significantly when nervous nodes are immobilized at the nerve root". The result as such is not new, because so far physicians assumed that this would be a very unpleasant for the patient syringe must be set. An injection, which in turn causes pain and therefore rarely used. But now the procedure should also run painless, in which a "small nasogastric tube is set". The probe has the property of being as thin as spaghetti. Already 112 subjects were successfully treated with this method. During therapy, minimal amounts of the narcotic lidocaine are administered.

Effect also 30 days after the therapy
The active ingredient leads to blockages of certain channels in the membrane of nerve cells. Already on the first day of therapy there was a clear improvement in the symptoms. According to the study participants, the pain perception reduced by an average of 50 percent. Even 30 days later, the effect was still felt. The researchers: "Obviously, the lidocaine on the ganglion acts as a reset button for migraine susceptibility." (Sb)