Michael John Coleman has suffered from migraines since he was about 6 years old. His mother also suffers from them, as did both of her parents.
Michael John Coleman has suffered from migraines since he was about 6 years old. His mother also suffers from them, as did both of her parents.
After seeing a neurologist and having common reasons for migraines eliminated, patients might want to undergo a diagnostic nerve-block test, says Dr. Ivica Ducic, an associate professor in plastic surgery and chief of peripheral nerve surgery at Georgetown University Hospital in Northwest.
"You release the muscle around the nerve pinching the nerve without cutting the nerve," Dr. Ducic says. "Not everybody qualifies for the surgery, if they are not having positive effects on nerve block."
