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What Is A Migraine?

July 29th, 2007 by admin

Migraines are a neurological disorder and are generally known as severe headaches that can last several hours to days. Often a sufferer will know a migraine is coming through a variety of different symptoms that depends upon each individual patient, these may also vary from one migraine attach to the next; some of these symptoms can include things like:

Altered moods, certain food cravings, sore muscles, etc these symptoms generally precede the headache sometimes a day or so before the migraine attacks.
Then too can be things like visual auras (the sufferers may have strange lines in front of their eyes etc) these can precede the migraine by 30 to 60 minutes.

Once a person knows a migraine is coming they can soon expect a headache lasting several hours to days, this can often be accompanied by nausea and/or vomiting, sensitivity to light and movement.

If you think you may be suffering from a migraine or migraine attacks it’s suggested you visit your local doctor as there are a variety of different types, symptoms and treatments for migraines, your doctor will be able to discuss with you your needs and specific treatments, if it’s set off by a certain trigger etc you will need to modify certain foods you eat or maybe parts of your lifestyle etc.

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