Why do migraines make you nauseous ?
In: Biology
One of your body’s basic defense mechanisms against “something’s *messed up* right now” is emptying your stomach out in case you ate something toxic. It’s kinda like motionsickness: the input from your ears contradicts the input from your eyes -> your brain interprets the conflicting information as “AIEEEE WTF IS GOING ON” -> maybe you’ve been poisoned, better evacuate the stomach just in case.
Your body’s defensive systems are pretty good at keeping you alive…but sometimes, like Shel Silverstein said, “some kind of help is the kind of help we all can do without”.
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