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yes, migraine can come from such a blow. What happens is that the blood vessels become spastic, like a spasm of the eye when hit on the eye. You might want to try niacin, described in my web site http://www.ent-consult.com
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My sister started having migraines about a month after a bad car accident. After about a year they *gradually* subsided (from several times a week to a few times a year). Her doctor said they were post-traumatic migraines.
Very good point. Injuries, like car accidents, not only cause physical stress, but also emotional, mental, and financial stress. As we all know, these can be migraines waiting to happen. -The Other Margo 
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: My sister started having migraines about a month after a bad car : accident. After about a year they *gradually* subsided (from several : times a week to a few times a year). Her doctor said they were : post-traumatic migraines. Hmmm…I’ve just recently begun having migraine auras with (so far, and I’m keeping my fingers crossed) no or only minor associated headache. I don’t know why this has started happening; the only traumatic incident I can think of was an automobile accident back in January (no one was injured, but we collided with some force)…4 months seems like an awful long latency period. Or is it? Craig — — Austin Restaurants & Food – http://www.bga.com/~beckers/food — — Austin Gardening FAQ – http://www.bga.com/~beckers/gardening – — HTML Consulting Services – http://www.bga.com/~beckers/craig/tmr.html —
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My sister started having migraines about a month after a bad car accident. After about a year they *gradually* subsided (from several times a week to a few times a year). Her doctor said they were post-traumatic migraines.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Hi, Iam a 47 year old woman who has experienced migraines for the past 3 years. The first one was as frightening as it was painful [thought that I was going to die]. I avaerage 2-3 headaches per month and they put me out of commission for 24-36 hours. The headaches started 5 days after being struck on the head by a mirror while sitting on a toilet on a train [this is not black humor, but it is an odd story]. The blow to my head resulted in 4 herniated disks in my neck and other assorted other insults to my body. Can a blow to the head cause the onset of migraines in a person who has no previous history of these headaches? Thanks, Patricia
I’ve always had headaches, ever since I was a preteen, but those headaches were the tension or cluster kind. When I was 19 I got in a auto accident and went through the windshield and split the right side of my head. After that I started getting classic migraines on the right side mostly. They now have progressed to hemiplegic migraines. I don’t know if the accident had anything to do with my migraines or not. –
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The headaches started 5 days after being struck on the head by a mirror while sitting on a toilet on a train [this is not black humor, but it is an odd story]. The blow to my head resulted in 4 herniated disks in my neck and other assorted other insults to my body. Can a blow to the head cause the onset of migraines in a person who has no previous history of these headaches?
When I hear of something like this, I am immediately suspicious of the diagnosis "MIGRAINES," which is accurately used to describe a variety of vascular headaches, the result of vasodilation of cranial blood vessels and arteries. The term is often used inacturately to describe all sorts of severe headaches which are entirely different in etiology from a true vascular headache. Vascular headaches are almost always totally unrelated to trauma. Headaches stemming from musculo-skelatal injuries are much more common, and will respond to treatment with muscle-relaxants and anti-inflammitories whereas true vascular headaches are usually non-responsive to such treatment. A competant neurologist can distinguish between true vascular headaches (migraines) and those which stem from other causes. I would be suspicious of a diagnosis of migraines being related to trauma and would tend to think that the onset of migraines (if indeeed that’s what those headaches are) following trauma was coincidental. Having said that, it is possible that medications used for treatment of orthopedic injuries could trigger migraines in someone already predisposed to them. The opiates oxycodone and hydrocodone when used to treat chronic pain, can indeed cause recurrent headaches. Head trauma, and in particular injury to the cervical spine, usually results in headaches which are a by-product of muscle spasms in the neck area. A good indication as to whether or not such headaches are related to muscles spasms would be to see if they respond to treatment with diazepam (valium). If diazepam provides relief, then vascular headaches are unlikely. Good luck.
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Can a blow to the head cause the onset of migraines in a person who has no previous history of these headaches?
It could certainly cause the onset of serveral different types of headaches, many of which would be quite similar to migraines. If you haven’t already, I would very strongly urge you to find a good neurologist who specializes in headache, and has experience with trauma. You just might find a cause related to your injury and find some relief. I wish you luck. Very truly yours, Ms. Margo — Please don’t send wanna’s as I’m very happy with the men that I have. *** …but does he have a fez?
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Hi, Iam a 47 year old woman who has experienced migraines for the past 3 years. The first one was as frightening as it was painful [thought that I was going to die]. I avaerage 2-3 headaches per month and they put me out of commission for 24-36 hours. The headaches started 5 days after being struck on the head by a mirror while sitting on a toilet on a train [this is not black humor, but it is an odd story]. The blow to my head resulted in 4 herniated disks in my neck and other assorted other insults to my body. Can a blow to the head cause the onset of migraines in a person who has no previous history of these headaches? Thanks, Patricia
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