Controlled temperature change inside ear can prevent migraines

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/uok-ctc070617.php

Public Release: 6-Jul-2017
Controlled temperature change inside ear can prevent migraines
University of Kent

The application of gentle cooling and warming currents inside the ear canal can provide relief for migraine sufferers, new research at the University of Kent has helped show.

Volunteers in the study who had a history of migraines experienced a significant reduction in the number of migraines they normally experienced in a month after using a technique known as caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS).

CVS activates the balance organs which are believed to alter activity in the area of the brain, known as the brainstem, associated with the onset of migraine headaches.

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