Can migraine pain be zapped away?

Imagine having the power to zap your migraine pain away. According to a press release issued by the Ohio State University Medical Center, Portable device effective in zapping away migraine pain, it just may be possible.

In previous tests in the university, patients used the machines with good success, but the machines were too big for home use, so the researchers developed a smaller, more portable machine for home use. For the treatment to work, the people with migraines must have an aura, a sensation that tells them that a migraine is about to start. With this type of warning, the machine can be used to try to ward off the pain: “The noninvasive transcranial magnetic stimulator (TMS) device interrupts the aura phase of the migraine, often described as electrical storms in the brain, before they lead to headaches. Migraine sufferers often describe “seeing” showers of shooting stars, zigzagging lines and flashing lights, and experiencing loss of vision, weakness, tingling or confusion, followed by intense throbbing head pain, nausea and vomiting.”

If this becomes a realistic and affordable treatment, this could change many lives.

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