Migraines are persistent headaches lasting up to 72 hours, moderate
to severe in intensity. Analgesics are not usually effective and
may worsen the condition over time. There is often throbbing,
pain, nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light, sound or smell.
Sufferers may be disabled to the extent that they must lie down
in a darkened room. Treatments are aimed at the symptoms, as the
cause of the disease has been unknown until now.
It is known that prior to and during a migraine attack there
are changes in the blood and scalp arterial blood flow. Also the
condition is much more prevalent in females, associated with changes
in oestrogen.
We also know that humans are unique in having a large brain,
and that the reason it was possible for the large brain to evolve
was because of the very efficient cooling system provided for
the blood supply to the brain. In fact the blood supply to the
brain flows to the brain partly via the skin of the head.
This skin, like all other human skin, is well supplied with sweat
glands and ducts. If the ducts become blocked as a result of miliaria,
then sweat becomes trapped in the ducts below the blockage. Even at
a basal level this sweat is always under pressure and so ruptures
the duct, exuding sweat into the surrounding skin. Since the head
is one of the first parts of the body to be involved in increased
sweating as a result of heat, exertion, or emotion, the exudation
into the skin can be extensive. The sweat under pressure then
ruptures skin capillaries and arterioles.
Thus we have subtle interruptions to the blood supply to the
brain. This, explained for the first time in history, is the cause
of the disease of migraine. It is a miliaria class condition.
The treatment and prevention of migraine must be aimed at maintaining
a free flowing blood supply to the brain. The miliaria causing
the migraine is readily treated in the same way as other miliaria.
In addition to miliaria there may be constriction of the blood
supply from other causes. Exercise is an effective method of ensuring
vasodilation. Until now, exercise will only have made migraine
worse, but once the miliaria is dealt with, exercise is beneficial
for maintaining relaxation of the capillaries, and thus a healthy
blood supply.
Another way of ensuring vasodilation is to maintain vasoactive
intestinal peptide (VIP) in circulation. VIP is the main body
hormone responsible for keeping the capillaries fully open. Those
who have a diet which is high in carbohydrate tend to produce
less VIP. The production of VIP can be increased by taking in
acid to the stomach, such as unsweetened grapefruit or cranberry
juice, or even a little good quality vinegar.
Oestrogen maintains the volume of fluids in the body, particularly
the female body. Females are more susceptible to miliaria class
conditions because of the lower volume during cycles when less oestrogen
is in circulation. A lowering of volume means there is less sodium
in circulation and the body senses this as a sudden sodium deficit,
causing havards to remain in adverse habituation and not switch
back to original habituation.
This adverse habituation, and the miliaria, can be overcome by
the use of ActivSignalTM. This therapeutic product is not
absorbed into the body but signals to the body that there are electrolytes including sodium
in the environment, thus reversing the adverse habituation.
The first commercial ActivSignal product is now under development.
We know that brain cells undergo renewal throughout life. It
has been suggested that a comprehensive renewal takes place in
the fifth decade of life. Irrespective of how the renewal occurs
it will not have escaped notice that the specific mechanisms outlined
above might adversely affect the renewal process. Interruptions
to the blood supply may result in non-renewal of cells, i.e. the
cells may atrophy. It follows that if the publication of this article,
and the use of ActiveSignalTM products, is followed by a
reduction in miliaria of the head, we may then see a very significant
reduction in neurodegenerative diseases.
