Introduction
It appears from the information provided in the scenario that Bob has migraines. When it comes to main headaches, migraine is often ranked among the most disabling. Migraine is a sensory processing disorder that affects CNS function (Goadsby & Holland, 2019). Although pain is the typical symptom, a brain-centered explanation is likely to give a general understanding of the condition’s presentations.
Discussion
However, Developing genetic, biochemical, and imaging biomarkers might improve migraine diagnosis and the capacity to predict a patient’s reaction to different medications. Migraine is now recognized as a complex, changeable condition of nervous system function rather than only a vascular headache because of advances in characterization and diagnosis. Recent revisions and evaluations have prompted some noteworthy comments on migraine diagnosis. It’s hardly shocking that many who suffer from migraines also experience nausea, as nausea is a notoriously incapacitating sensation on its own (Charles, 2018).
Attacks of migraine develop because of a sensory processing problem in the brain, which itself likely cycles due to genetic and environmental influences. Early on in the headache’s development, the brain stem and diencephalic systems responsible for moderating afferent signals like light-photophobia or sound phonophobia become dysfunctional (Goadsby et al., 2017). This gives way to the headache’s pain phase and, eventually, its settlement, or postdrome phase. Attacks of unilateral, throbbing head pain, accompanied by sensitivity to movement, vision, and other afferent stimuli, define this condition (Goadsby et al., 2017).
Conclusion
Research also shows that alterations in thalamic and thalamocortical activity contribute significantly to the distorted sensory processing that is characteristic of a migraine episode (Charles, 2018). Migraine headaches are particularly common in middle age when people should be at their most productive. Migraine pain and other symptoms can last anywhere from a few hours to many days, depending on how severe the condition is.
References
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Goadsby, P. J., & Holland, P. R. (2019). Pathophysiology of migraine. Neurologic Clinics, 37(4), 651–671. Web.
Goadsby, P. J., Holland, P. R., Martins-Oliveira, M., Hoffmann, J., Schankin, C., & Akerman, S. (2017). Pathophysiology of migraine: A disorder of sensory processing. Physiological Reviews, 97(2), 553–622. Web.