It became obvious that they had changes in their skin sensitivity. This experience leads Burstein to recommend that people who get migraines should tell their doctor about anything unusual that happens to them, no matter how weird it seems. And Burstein offers another important piece of advice. If you are a patient who has skin sensitization, you have only one hour after the first symptoms of migraine for current drugs to be effective. Take the medication as soon as the pain starts.
Researchers report most migraine sufferers seem super-sensitive to even the slightest touch.
Skin contact against their own hair or eyeglasses can be very painful. Nearly all of the 42 study subjects reported skin sensitivity, and the author notes today's drugs are most helpful if they are taken within the first hour of an attack in these patients. Researchers also need to determine which drugs can be used to reverse the changes in the spinal cord that cause patients to feel this pain. All rights reserved. Email This to a Friend.