Your Source Of Information When It Comes To Migraine Headaches - By: Don Saunders

There are many reasons why you may be on a search for information on migraines.

You may suffer from migraine headaches yourself or somebody you know might have migraines. You may have just had a member of your family diagnosed as having migraines or could simply be a student researching a paper on this all too common form of headache. No matter why you are researching the subject of migraines you will find that there is plenty of information available on the subject.

The medical disorder migraine is called a neurological syndrome and its main characteristics for most individuals are usually very painful headaches accompanied by nausea. This relatively common condition affects women more than it does men.

The pain from the migraine is usually experienced on one side of the head and can on the whole said to be pulsating or throbbing in nature. A migraine will normally last anywhere from 4 hours to 72 hours and may be anywhere from moderate to severe in intensity. There can also be other additional symptoms such as vomiting or sensitivity to light or sound.

Another interesting feature of some migraines is the presence of an "aura" in at least one in three people suffering from migraine. An aura happens prior to the onset of the migraine and can include the appearance of zigzag lines, bright lights or distorted shapes in various colors and sizes which block the line of vision. The field of vision might also decrease and can appear like tunnel vision or maybe a curtain-like effect often over one eye or dark spots which slowly spread.

There might be auditory effects such as hearing voices or sounds in the environment such as buzzing. You may experience odd smells or perhaps feelings of tingling or numbness to one side of the face or in the arms and legs. You may experience a feeling of being separated from your body or a sense like your arms and legs are working independently of your body. You may experience anxiety or fear during the aura or an unsteadiness or weakness. From time to time people experiencing an aura cannot understand or comprehend words which are being spoken to them and can become extremely tired and sweat profusely or feel warmth throughout the body.

Apart from migraines accompanied by an aura there are several other ways of describing migraines.

For instance, familial hemiplegic migraines are migraine headaches that result from ion channel mutations. People suffering from this form of migraine in general experience limb weakness on one side of their body and speech or vision problems.

Yet another form of migraine is the abdominal migraine where children have many of the symptoms of a migraine with the exception of the head pain. Symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain may last from 1 to 72 hours.

Lastly, acephalgic and menstrual migraines are two other fairly common types of migraine. An acephalgic migraine is one in which an individual characteristically experiences auras but does not experience a headache. Menstrual migraines are either menstrual related migraines (MRM) or pure menstrual migraines (PMM). The menstrual related migraine is moderate to severe in pain intensity and occurs about the same time as the monthly period and at other times as well. Pure menstrual migraines are experienced only around the same time as the woman's monthly period.

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