Study: migraines may cause intestinal bacteria Bashny.Net

People who suffer from migraine, there is a special set of intestinal bacteria, which can make the body more sensitive to certain foods, the researchers found.

The obtained results give a possible explanation of why some people are more prone to debilitating headaches and why some foods can act as a trigger for migraine.





The study showed that the migraine sufferers of the patients were found to have higher levels of bacteria that are known to be involved in processing the nitrates commonly found in processed meat, leafy vegetables and some wines.

Recent data indicate the possibility that migraine may appear with a more efficient splitting of the body of the nitrates contained in food products, resulting in expanded blood vessels of the brain and head.

Lead researcher Antonio Gonzalez of the University of California San Diego said, "There is this idea that certain foods can trigger migraines — chocolate, wine, and especially foods that contain nitrates. We hypothesized that perhaps there is a connection between what people eat, their microbiome and the emergence of their migraine attack".

The splitting of nitrates from foods by bacteria in the mouth and intestines, they will eventually be converted into nitric oxide in the blood — a chemical that dilates blood vessels and supporting the cardiovascular system, enhancing blood circulation.

In addition, approximately four out of five patients with cardiac diseases, who are taking drugs with nitrates from chest pain or congestive heart failure were noted as a side effect of severe headaches.

According to Dr. Brendan Davis, the idea that gut bacteria can play a role in the development of migraine, from a medical point of view is justified.

In the course of the study, the results of which are published in the journal of mSystems, scientists sequenced the bacteria found in 172 samples of saliva and faeces a thousand 1 996 study participants.

In the samples of patients with migraine was observed slightly more bacteria involved in the decomposition of nitrates.

Approximately one person in seven suffers from migraines, and most seizures occur more often than once a month, and about half the attacks cause very severe pain. Symptoms usually consist of throbbing headache, nausea and lethargy. Some people see a flickering light in peripheral vision.





Food, stress and lack of sleep have been known to start a migraine, and hormones, considered to also play a role — migraine three times more common in women than in men.

 



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Chocolate sometimes referred to as a cause of migraine, but previous research shows that people very often want to eat sweet food before the attacks. That is, they want chocolate, because the approaching migraine attack, which was caused not chocolate.

In the future, the researchers say, can create "magic liquid-probiotic mouthwash" that would change the balance of bacteria and prevent migraine.

In the meantime, says Gonzalez: "If you suspect that nitrates cause migraines, you should try to avoid them in your diet".published

 

Translation: Sergei Lukavsky

 



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