Swing (Jan-Dec 1945)

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The Vllli^raine Headache // you've ever had one — no one needs to tell you what it's like! But maybe someone should tell you a few simple things to do when the attacks occur. Which is just what is done here — by one who speaks from experience. By ETHEL F. FREDERICKS I WAS just about to step into a bus. Suddenly before my eyes I saw queer, indescribable outlines. They were not black, as such confusing outlines appear sometimes because of an upset stomach. These were white and glowing. Their clearness and intensity increased until they seemed to cover my vision. Yet I could see — and if I had tried, I am convinced I could have read a paper. But I went into a panic, sure that I was losing my eyesight. In terror I turned back home and hurriedly telephoned my physician. By the time he arrived, the aura had disappeared and I was in the throes of the most severe headache I had ever experienced. It was my first migraine attack. For years migraine headaches have been an enigma. Doctors all over the world have experimented, trying to find a cure. Volumes have been written about their researches. But in spite of much advancement, no definite cure has been discovered. If we were all uniform bodies, responding the same way to treatment, migraine would be a comparatively simple matter. But unfortunately we all react differently and each individual case of migraine headache may be the result of a different cause. The lay person is usually ignorant of cause and preventive, and is obcessed by the most devastating fears. It is for these people this article is written. I speak as one migraine sufferer to another, trusting in a small way to ease the distress caused by apprehensions attendant upon the migraine headache. Fear may be one of the greatest factors in producing and increasing the duration and severity of the attack. I have learned that a comprehensive knowledge of these blinding headaches and their demoralizing symptoms has aided me in eUminating them. Forewarned is forearmed. Even though I sometimes waken from a sound sleep, after dreaming of a fire, and seem to be looking through the haze one sees through flame, I am no longer possessed by fear. I no longer beheve — as I did at the time of that first hideous attack — that I am doomed to some rapidly advancing and fatal illness. All migraine sufferers have an aura of one type or another. Sometimes they consist of nothing more than