Men Get Migraines Too!

Migraines in men are not as common as they are in women and children, but they do exist! Men usually have different side effects than women. The ladies usually have symptoms of nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and sound. Men usually experience the frontal headache or some times called the one-sided headache. The associated symptoms are nasal congestion in one nostril and tears forming in just one eye. Many of the typical symptoms associated with migraine attacks may or may not be experienced by the adult males.Migraines in men are very different than migraines in women.

As a matter of fact, men often confuse a migraine with a sinus infection or an allergy problem. Men are not diagnosed as often as women due to the fact that men do not get the medical attention that they need unless their migraine becomes so frequent it interferes with their social activities or their work responsibilities. Men commonly diagnose themselves with allergies or sinus infections when they have migraines because they have the same alike symptoms of these other two health problems. The male species tend to shy away from medical attention for any condition. The migraine also carries with it a certain stigma, suggesting that people with migraines are stressed or less able to handle stress. The male ego always needs to prove itself strong.

Men need to be educated about migraines just as much as women do. As stated before men like to diagnose themselves and as we all know knowledge is a beautiful thing because without knowledge we do not really understand what is going on in all subjects. So men that incorrectly diagnose themselves with sinus infections or allergy problems end up using medications that worsen the migraine due to medication overuse.

Men beware of signs of migraines such as sinus congestion, one eyed tearing, a droopy eyelid, and sharp jabs of pain also known as ice-pick pains. These symptoms are also found in other headache disorders, such as Cluster headaches and Paroxysmal hemicranias.

Out of a study of about 2400 individuals that thought they were having sinus headaches 88 percent were actually proven to be having migraines. In the same study 28 percent reported experiencing migraine aura. An aura does not occur with a sinus headache.

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