• A still underdiagnosed disease

    Many people suffering from migraine are neither diagnosed nor treated by a specialist
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  • Social handicap, a factor of isolation and depression

    Migraine places a real burden on people with it, sometimes with significant personal suffering,
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  • A financial cost for society

    Migraine is a public health issue because of the disability it associates with and its financial cost to society
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Thermal Microcautery (TMC) and Migraine

TMC - A novel approach

Thermal Microcautery (TMC) and Migraine

It is an extremely efficient method that opens new avenues in the understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of migraine.

  • Thermal microcautery (TMC) is a form of peripheral nerve field stimulation (PNFS). It is a new method of neuromodulation.
  • Our observations indicate that 50% of patients show total recovery!
  • 30% of patients reduce their medication significantly and recover their lifestyle with much fewer migraine attacks, improved parameters like the intensity of the attack, frequency, impact on daily life and show faster response to milder medications.
  • These patients have attracted our attention to TMC because theoretically MIGRAINE IS NOT CURABLE.
  • A lot of experts are researching this phenomenon that might lead us to a better understanding of the migraine pathophysiology.
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More than 90% of sufferers are unable to work or function normally during their migraine attacks.

How common is migraine ?

1 Billion Worldwide

1 in 4 Households

1 in 5 Women

1 in 16 Men

1 in 11 Children

Neuromodulation

A new frontier in the migraine management

The International Neuromodulation Society defines therapeutic neuromodulation as “the alteration of nerve activity through targeted delivery of a stimulus, such as electrical stimulation or chemical agents, to specific neurological sites in the body.”

  • Neuromodulation is often well-tolerated, and the side effects pretty minimal. Sometimes, you can see additional benefits when using neuromodulation with medications that you’re currently taking.
  • If you’re not on medication, neuromodulation can help you gain preventive benefits without committing to a certain medication.
  • Some of these neuromodulation treatments are safe alternatives during pregnancy
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what is neuromodulation?

Migraine Research

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Application of thermal microcautery in migraine management

Eleni Papageorgiou1 | Konstantine Kovas1 | Camillus Power2 | Nikolaos Kostopoulos3

  1. Dept. of Neurology, General Hospital of Athens, G. Gennimatas, Greece.
  2. Dept. of Pain Medicine, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
  3. Holistic Health Centre, Athens, Greece.

ABSTRACT

Thermal microcautery is a novel minimally invasive intervention for migraine. We present a case series of twenty-one patients who underwent this technique. Nineteen patients reported improvement in migraine management. Of these four patients went on to complete remission and a further eleven patients reported over 50% improvement. In addition, the majority of patients noted reductions in intensity and duration of headache with a better response to medication. The efficacy of thermal microcautery generates a new hypothesis that attempts to explain how a neuromodulation technique may be helpful in the management of migraine.

Keywords: Thermal microcautery; Migraine; Neuromodulation.

Headache Medicine 2019, volume 10 issue 4, p 182-185

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Testimonials

MRS. RASHMIBEN ATRE

36 years old, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Severe migraine since 5 to 6 years. Migraine attacks twice a week. Taking a painkiller tablet on each attack.

12 sessions of Thermal Microcautery (TMC) for 5 months (from January 2019 to June 2019).

No migraine attack and no use of painkillers in the last 1 year (Telephonic follow up in June 2020).

MRS. JASHODABEN SOLANKI

50 years old, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Severe migraine for the last 40 years. Daily migraine attacks since 1 year. Taking painkillers daily since last 1 year.

4 sessions of Thermal Microcautery (TMC) for 2 months (from July 2017 to Sept 2017).

No migraine attack and no use of painkillers in the last 3 years (Telephone follow up in June 2020).

MRS. TULSIBEN BIJWANI

50 years old, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Severe migraine since 10 to 15 years. Daily migraine attacks since last 2 years. Taking painkiller tablets daily for the last 10 to 12 years.

5 sessions of Thermal Microcautery (TMC) for 2 months (from Nov 2017 to Jan 2018).

No migraine attack and no use of painkillers in the last two and a half years (Telephone follow up in June 2020).

MRS. USHABEN PANCHAL

50 years old, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Severe migraine for the last 35 years. 6 to 7 migraine attacks per week. Taking painkillers daily for the last 20 years.

4 sessions of Thermal Microcautery (TMC) for 3 months (from Sept 2017 to Nov 2017).

No migraine attack and no use of painkillers in the last 18 months (Telephone follow up in May 2019).

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