| There are people who can tell when they
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| | be signs of nausea and vomiting. Other
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| are about to have migraine. These people
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| | symptoms may include cold and sweaty
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| usually see bright shimmering lights
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| | hands and/or feet, as well as intolerance
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| around objects, zigzag lines or wavy
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| | of unusual odors.
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| images. Others experience hallucinations
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| | Types of Migraine
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| or temporary loss of vision.
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| | Migraine with aura is a neurological
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| What is Migraine?
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| | phenomenon (aura) experienced 10 to 30
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| Migraine is a condition described as a
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| | minutes prior to the headache. Auras may
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| very painful type of headache, with a
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| | either be visual or non visual. Visual
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| throbbing and pulsating pain intensified
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| | migraines, also called scintillating
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| by routine physical activities, coughing,
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| | scotomas, are described as bright
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| straining, or lowering of the head. The
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| | flashing lights or glares at the edges of
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| debilitating pain is so severe that it
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| | the field of vision. Non-visual auras
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| interferes with daily activities.
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| | include motor weakness, speech or
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| Oftentimes, migraine sufferers end up
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| | language difficulties, vertigo,
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| feeling weak and fatigued once the
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| | dizziness, and the tingling sensation or
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| headache is gone.
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| | numbness of the face, tongue, or
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| People with migraine headaches start
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| | extremeties. Migraine without aura is
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| experiencing pain in a specific area on
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| | the most common type and may occur on one
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| one side of the head. Later on, the pain
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| | (unilateral) or both sides (bilateral) of
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| spreads and builds in intensity for one
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| | the head. Fatigue or mood changes may
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| to two hours, and then gradually
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| | occur the day prior to the headache.
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| subsides. However, migraine headache can
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| | Abdominal migraine is most prevalent in
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| last up to 24 hours long, and in some
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| | children with a family history of
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| cases, even for several days.
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| | migraine. Symptoms include abdominal pain
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| Migraine is generally more common in
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| | without a gastro-intestinal cause (may
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| women than in men and may occur at any
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| | last up to 72 hours), nausea, vomiting,
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| age between 10 to 40, then diminishes at
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| | and flushing or paleness. Children who
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| the age of 50.
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| | have abdominal migraine often develop
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| Causes of Migraine
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| | typical migraine as they grow older.
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| T here is no known causes of migraine, a
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| | Basilar artery migraine is the disruption
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| condition which may result from a series
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| | of the basilar artery in the brainstem
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| of reactions in the central nervous
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| | characterized by intense headache,
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| system due to changes in the body or in
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| | vertigo, double vision, slurred speech,
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| the environment. Oftentimes, a family
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| | and poor muscle coordination. This is
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| history of the disorder suggets that
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| | prevalent among the youth. Carotidynia,
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| migraine sufferers may inherit
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| | also known as lower-half headache or
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| sensitivity to trigger that impair the
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| | facial migraine, is described as deep,
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| blood vessels and nerves in the brain,
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| | dull aching and sometimes piercing pain
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| thereby causing pain.
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| | in the jaw or neck where there is
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| Triggers
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| | tenderness and swelling over the carotid
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| Any stimulus that produces a reaction is
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| | artery in the neck. This is most common
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| called a Trigger. Many things can
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| | in older people and may occur several
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| trigger a migraine attack such as:
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| | times weekly and last a few minutes to
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| alcohol (eg. red wine) caffeine
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| | hours. Headache-free migraine is having
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| (coffee, chocolate) monosodium
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| | the presence of aura without the
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| glutamate ( MSG usually found in asian
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| | headache. This is common to patients with
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| foods) nitrates (processed foods,
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| | a history of migraine with aura.
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| hotdogs) environmental factors
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| | Ophthalmoplegic migraine is characterized
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| (weather, altitude, time zone changes)
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| | by a headache that is first felt in the
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| exposure to light (brightness, glare)
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| | eye area and is accompanied by vomiting.
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| hormonal changes (in women) hunger
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| | As the headache intensifies, the eyelid
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| lack of sleep anxiety stress
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| | droops (ptosis) and the nerves
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| medications (over-the-counter and
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| | responsible for the eye movement become
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| prescription) perfumes Signs and
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| | paralyzed. Status migraine is a rare
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| Symtoms of Migraine
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| | type that involves excruciating pain that
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| During migraine attacks, people tend to
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| | can last even longer than 72 hours. The
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| be very sensitive to light (photophobia)
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| | patient may require hospitalization.
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| and sound (phonophobia). There may also
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