Headaches Explained

Migraine Headache Symptoms

Typical migraine headache symptoms are as follows

• Pain is normally only on one side of the head, sometimes pain may be on both sides or switch from side to side.
• Pain is usually described as throbbing and can be mild or so severe that it totally incapacitates the sufferer.
• Pain is almost always accompanied by feelings of nausea and severe vomiting.
• Eyes are very sensitive and need to be covered to block out any light.
• Blurred Vision is very common among sufferers.
• Sounds seem to be exaggerated and need to be kept at a minimum.
• There may also be an intolerance regarding foods or odors.
• Migraine Headache Symptoms can last from a few hours to several days or longer.

There are Four recognised stages of a Migraine these are - 

The Prodromal Phase - These symptoms occur anything from a few hours to a couple of days prior to the attack and can be very slight signals, such as mood changes, being overly tired or overly energetic. Little signs that are not your normal behavior. Lots of sufferers do not even recognise these signals until after the migraine, then they will say 'That is why I was feeling that way'

The Aura Phase - This occurs in about 10% of migraine sufferers. Symptoms are varied such as Visual Loss, Visual Hallucinations, Visual Illusions, weakness, numbness, prickling sensations, Body Image Disturbances, out-of-body experiences and felt presences, depersonalization, derealisaztion, tinnitus (buzzing in the ears) hallucinations of odours and smells not actually present, Speech & Language Symptoms, Feeling of déjà vu,  Time Perception Disturbances, Dreaming.

The Headache Phase - The actual throbbing Migraine

The Resolution & Recovery Phase - Total rest and sleep

This is followed by what is termed as a Migraine Interval. Certain Cognitive changes can occur at this time as the body and mind try to get back to a degree of normality.

Common migraine has no actual forewarning signals whereas Classical migraine has a group of symptoms preceding the attack. As described above in 'AURA' 

One can have the classical Aura symptoms but not go through the actual migraine headache phase.

Other forms of Migraine 

Basilar artery migraine involves a disturbance of the basilar artery in the brainstem. Symptoms include severe headache, vertigo, double vision, slurred speech, and poor muscle coordination. This condition occurs mainly in young people.

Carotidynia, also known as facial migraine, produces deep, dull, aching, and sometimes piercing pain in the jaw or neck. There is usually tenderness and swelling over the carotid artery in the neck. Episodes can occur several times weekly and last a few minutes to hours. This type occurs more commonly in older people.

Ophthalmoplegic migraine starts in the eye and is accompanied by vomiting. As the headache progresses, the eyelid droops  and nerves responsible for eye movement become paralyzed. Known as 'Ptosis' this condition may persist for days or weeks.

Status migraine is rare and involves intense pain that usually lasts longer than 72 hours. This condition usually requires the patient to be hospitalized.

Migraine is only one of the classified 'Primary' headaches, others include Tension and Cluster headaches.

There are many more classified 'Secondary' Headaches and for your convenience we have bundled all our articles on Primary and Secondary Headaches into one huge package that you can download to your computer and read at your leisure.

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Did you know that

Headache sufferers make over 8 million visits a year to doctor's offices. An estimated 45 million Americans experience chronic headaches. For at least half of these people, the problem is severe and sometimes disabling. Headaches are more common in females and have a strong familial incidence.

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