Migraine symptom
Migraine - the ins and outs by Joe Royal
Migraine is a complex condition which is triggered by
different things in different people. Additionally, the
actual symptoms suffered by different people are usually fairly unique to them too.
Migraine is commonly described by people as a special kind
of recurring headache where the headache is severe and
usually linked to other symptoms such as feeling sick (nausea),
being sick (vomiting), eyesight changes such as blank spots,
coloured sport, sparkles, stars or blurred patches in their
vision, dizziness, sensitivity to light and noise, lethargy and fatigue. The changes in vision usually come before the headache itself and are referred to as the "aura". Two generalised classifications of migraine are "with aura" and "without aura". Other classifications are "basilar migraine" and "familial hemiplegic migraine" where reversible paralysis occurs.
Susceptibility to migraine is thought to be genetic, with the predisposition being inherited through particular genes. However, any person of any age, gender, ethnicity can get migraine... it is one of the most common of all painful chronic conditions. Typically, a migraine attack breaks down into several phases... 1: Pre-headache, 2: Aura (only 15% of people report this phase), 3: Headache, 4: Resolution, 5: Recovery. Usually the recovery phase can last for several hours or days and feels like a hangover.
Several common triggers for migraine are: stress, certain foods, lack of food, alcohol, the environment, sleep, exercise, hormonal change in women, oral contraceptives and other triggers.
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