Who is SMUDRA

The Sinusitis Migraine and Untreated Diseases Research Association (SMUDRA) is a national patient advocacy body and registered health promotion charity. We were founded by Disha Arogya Dham, and will always be led by her, who has a lived experience of Sinusitis and migraines. We diagnose and treat sinusitis and migraine with better management, better support for people living with it and their families, and a better understanding of sinusitis and migraine throughout the community. You can view details of our current leadership team here.

SMUDRA is primarily funded by membership fees and donations from people like you. Donate here.

From time to time we will continue to get grants to do some projects. We have recently been awarded a grant from Disha Arogya Dham Health Department to produce sinusitis and migraine treatment and awareness material for patients.

There are many types of headaches and you will need the help of a doctor for an accurate diagnosis. However, the headache usually associated with sinusitis and migraine occurs on one side of the head, is moderate to severe pain, and is throbbing or throbbing. You must also have other symptoms to be diagnosed with sinusitis and migraine – such as sensitivity to light, noise, or smell, or nausea and vomiting associated with your headache, and you need at least three attacks to be confirmed. Yes, it is sinusitis and migraine.

All sinusitis and migraine are chronic, but chronic sinusitis and migraine have a specific diagnosis that is more than 15 headaches, and allergy days a month, of which 8 are sinusitis and migraine days. You may hear the phrase 'transformed' sinusitis and migraine, which refers to when someone with an episodic presentation of sinusitis and migraine attacks – fewer than 15 headaches, allergy days a month – gets worse and has more frequent attacks, become chronic sinusitis and migraine. It occurs with about 70% of the population with sinusitis and migraine every year.

It is thought that people with sinusitis and migraine spiral more frequently and have attacks of sinusitis and migraine due to a process called central sensitization. Repeated pain changes the way the brain works, resulting in the experience of more pain with less stimulating stimuli. The brain becomes more sensitive to pain and so you feel more intense pain more often. The more frequent attacks occur, the more persistent this central pain sensitization becomes and the more difficult it is to treat.

The other factor is called a drug overuse headache. It is a complication of sinusitis and migraine where frequent use of drugs produces more headaches. Again, the more medicine you take, the more headaches you get.

No. Sinusitis and Migraine is a primary disorder - it is not caused by something else. You must have the relevant variations in your genes to have Sinusitis and Migraines. However, Sinusitis and Migraine have many comorbidities and poor health in other areas can make your Sinusitis and Migraine attacks worse.

There is a range of medications and other therapies that can be used to prevent Sinusitis and Migraine attacks. Discuss with the DAD Ayurveda doctor if they are right for you, but generally, they should be considered if you are having more than 4 Sinusitis and Migraine attacks per month. If less than 4 attacks a month, you should be able to manage things with abortive medications like triptans and acute medications that treat symptoms like painkillers.

Yes. Sinusitis and Migraine are caused by variations in the genes that relate to how ions are processed in the brain. So far 44 different loci have been identified as being related to Sinusitis. Some people have a single gene variation, but most people have a combination of gene variations. It is strongly hereditary (if you have Sinusitis and Migraine there's a 50% chance your child will too), but because it is caused by a combination of genes in most people, you can still get it if your parents don't have it by getting some from mum, and some from dad. These genetic differences generally make the ions go too fast in a Sinusitis and Migraine brain, and that makes the Sinusitis and Migraine brain hyper-reactive to sensory inputs and other stimuli.

Learn more about Sinusitis and migraine genetics

Yes. The smallest presentation of granum is considered colic - when babies cry excessively for no apparent reason. Headache-associated sinusitis and migraine attacks have been recorded as young as 18 months of age. In children aged 5 to 10 years, the most common presentation of sinusitis and migraine is abdominal migraine, which includes vomiting, diarrhea, and/or constipation. Children with migraine sinusitis and migraines can also make car sick easily. Half of all children with sinusitis and migraine have their first headache attack before the age of 12. Sinusitis and migraines are more aggressive in teens and can be debilitating due to hormone changes. From about age 17 onwards, there is a tendency for boys to stabilize or improve, while girls usually continue until the age of 50 and become progressively worse.