Turns out, some scientists attribute the cause of migraines to food allergy leaving many experts to believe that foods can worsen migraines through an allergic process involving the immune system. Thus causing complexes in the blood in which food proteins clump together with antibodies directed against these proteins. Unfortunately, this type of allergic reaction cannot be detected by conventional allergy testing. However, if you choose, IgG food allergy testing can be done to determine possible "trigger foods"
Studies have reported a possible association between migraine and various allergic disorders. It was observed that parents with migraines had a greater chance of having children with asthma and allergies. All of this leads to the importance of the question, "Does anyone in your family suffer from migraines?"
Parental history of migraine and bronchial asthma in children F. Gürkan*, A. Ece*, K. Haspolat** and B. Dikici***
Having suffered from migraine headaches myself, this all resulted in a brief period of mommy guilt, as if I gave my son his allergy. Of course, I know better and I hope that this doesn't place any guilt upon any of you who also suffer from migraines and have a child with asthma and/or allergies. There are many different possible causes, other then our own family history, that play a role in the development of food allergies. See also: Is there a connection between Genetically Modified Food and Food Allergies?, Are We Really Too Clean?, and Is there a connection between Vaccines and Food Allergies?
