DAO TEST FOR MIGRAINE DETECTION

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Does your head hurt often? Discard that your migraine has a food origin

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Description

17% of the population suffers migraines, one of the 20 most disabling diseases in the world according to the World Health Organization. Migraine detection aids, for it, appears as a crisis and can last for hours or days. Occasionally, the headache comes along with other symptoms such as photophobia, phonophobia, nausea and vomiting.

In certain patients, migraines are caused by histamines, which are present in food. The DAO enzyme is responsible for metabolizing histamine in our body and eliminating it.

When there is a deficit of the DAO enzyme these fail to eliminate histamine correctly and the headache begins. The migraine detection test helps you know if your migraines are of food origin. At Eurofins LGS Megalab they have a specific test; DAO test.

How is blood extraction done?

  • Eight hours fasting
  • It cannot be done during pregnancy

The results analyzed during years of studies reflect that in 95% of patients with migraine there is low activity of the DAO enzyme.

Once the migraine of food origin has been diagnosed, specialists recommend making the following dietary changes:

  • Avoid the consumption of dairy and canned in a sauce that comes with wine vinegar or tomato.
  • Remove strawberries, pineapple, orange and banana.
  • Reduce the consumption of wheat, tomato, eggplant, spinach and sausages, since they all have high levels of histamine.

The DAO enzyme is responsible for metabolizing histamine in our intestines, which is present in some foods. However, sometimes it does not perform this function and migraine appears.

To know if the patient has a deficit of the DAO enzyme, a specific analysis is performed to measure the level of this enzyme in the blood.

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