What causes Nocturnal Migraine?
Recent studies have shown that these attacks are related to alterations in adrenalin and related substances that occur on a cyclical basis, and which reach their peak release during these hours. Migraine attacks may also be provoked by alteration in sleep cycles. A migraine attack may awake the patient when he sleeps beyond the normal wakeup time. Besides vertiginous migraine and acute confusional migraine of childhood, nocturnal migraine is also well recognized. However, they remain unclassified by the IHCD-II. How is Nocturnal Migraine treated? When attacked by nocturnal migraine, the sufferer should elevate his upper body and rest or try to go back to sleep. This is a proven treatment method of nocturnal migraine for many people.
