In migraine heredity is decisive
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Susceptibility to the migraine is inherited, is clearly modern medicine. Today, pediatricians are often faced with this problem. Headache caused by the child’s first fear and bewilderment among parents, and – much debate about the nature of mere headache. The headache is divided into primary (chronic, relapsing – migraine, tension headache, etc.) and secondary when it is often another’s syndrome – mainly disease. Doctors note that migraine diagnosis today is turning more and more frequently in childhood. According to studies, suffer from migraine about 45% of children and this plays a large role in hereditary factors. If the mother also had migraine attacks, the risk to children is greater than 70%. If the father suffers from this disease – the risk is higher by 20%, and migraine and both parents – it rose by 60 to 90%. Many experts believe that is inherited is not the disease itself, and openness to a particular type of vascular response to various stimulations.
