Anyone who has had a severe migraine headache will describe an excruciating pain.  This pain may be accompanied by sensitivity to light and to sound, as well as feeling of nausea and weakness.  Sometimes, medication will alleviate the symptoms.  Mostly it is just waiting for the pain to subside and to have the migraine conclude.
 
There have been numerous triggers cited for causing migraines.  This ranges from changes in the weather,  sensitivity to certain foods, stress, personality variables and a host of various other sources.  The commonality is that the migraine suffer has his / her life disrupted by a severe, debilitating pain.
 
Now there seems to be some positive news:
 
“A hand-held device that painlessly sends a magnetic pulse into the head may offer some migraine sufferers relief, a small study suggests.

The device delivers a therapy known as transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS. It sparks a magnetic pulse that, when held against a person’s head, creates an electric current among the nerves cells of the brain.”

link:  Magnetic Stimulation Blocks Migraine Pain

It is a possible avenue to avoid the initial onset of the migraine pain.  While this - or any new developments - may be welcomed by migraine suffers, there is one sub-group for whom this approach will be viewed with extreme caution.  There are some people who have reported that exposure to magnetic fields is the cause of their migraine episodes.

Catherine Forsythe