The use of botulinum toxin injections has advanced tremendously over the last few years. Applications in cosmetic surgery and muscle spasticity disorder are now well recognized and are offered at a number of different centers all over the world. In the recent past, its use has now been extended to treating migraines.
Here, we will be discussing how botox injections can now be utilized for this purpose.
Background behind this idea
The results of botox injections into muscle tissue is that nerve signals are paralyzed, which blocks signals to muscles so they stay relaxed. Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium contained in these injections, and that is the cause of the effect. Its primary use is to relax the muscles around the eyes and other parts of the body, helping restore muscle tone and improving overall function.
Migraines and botox
Migraine is primarily mediated by the release of the neuro-chemical serotonin. This is not affected by botox, however, patients notice a decrease in pain from migraines after having the treatments.
This is still being researched and the reasons for the correlation are not clear at this time, but people are still pleased with the results they receive for their migraine issues. There are 31 to 39 different injection points in the scalp for botox. The basic theories that have been presented so far:
The first thing is that nerve signal pain is stopped from being received.
Then, the blood pressure in the brain is reduced by the scalp muscles being relaxed.
The research is still preliminary, but at this point, it seems that patients are finding that their headaches are less painful and frequent, and they are happier in general.
When a patient reports migraine headaches that happen for over 15 days a month, and do not receive relief from other types of treatment are sometimes recommended to have botox injections. A condition called 'analgesic overuse headache', which is headache due to overuse of painkillers, also needs to be ruled out.
If they treatments make it so that less than 15 days a month are headache free, or if they have at least 2 cycles of botox without seeing any relief, then this may not be the right treatment for that particular patient.
What risks are there?
It's possible to have an allergic reaction or some neck pain from botox treatment, but that only happens to a tiny percentage of patients.
Synopsis
Migraines are now being treated by injections of botox, but it's still a new application for this condition. Research is still being conducted and the results so far have been promising, making it a treatment that is currently approved in managing chronic migraine.
Here, we will be discussing how botox injections can now be utilized for this purpose.
Background behind this idea
The results of botox injections into muscle tissue is that nerve signals are paralyzed, which blocks signals to muscles so they stay relaxed. Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium contained in these injections, and that is the cause of the effect. Its primary use is to relax the muscles around the eyes and other parts of the body, helping restore muscle tone and improving overall function.
Migraines and botox
Migraine is primarily mediated by the release of the neuro-chemical serotonin. This is not affected by botox, however, patients notice a decrease in pain from migraines after having the treatments.
This is still being researched and the reasons for the correlation are not clear at this time, but people are still pleased with the results they receive for their migraine issues. There are 31 to 39 different injection points in the scalp for botox. The basic theories that have been presented so far:
The first thing is that nerve signal pain is stopped from being received.
Then, the blood pressure in the brain is reduced by the scalp muscles being relaxed.
The research is still preliminary, but at this point, it seems that patients are finding that their headaches are less painful and frequent, and they are happier in general.
When a patient reports migraine headaches that happen for over 15 days a month, and do not receive relief from other types of treatment are sometimes recommended to have botox injections. A condition called 'analgesic overuse headache', which is headache due to overuse of painkillers, also needs to be ruled out.
If they treatments make it so that less than 15 days a month are headache free, or if they have at least 2 cycles of botox without seeing any relief, then this may not be the right treatment for that particular patient.
What risks are there?
It's possible to have an allergic reaction or some neck pain from botox treatment, but that only happens to a tiny percentage of patients.
Synopsis
Migraines are now being treated by injections of botox, but it's still a new application for this condition. Research is still being conducted and the results so far have been promising, making it a treatment that is currently approved in managing chronic migraine.
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