If someone has ever mentioned having a migraine and you responded with a comment about it just being a headache, then you've been fortunate enough to never have suffered from a migraine - otherwise you'd never make that comment in the first place. Migraine and Headaches are two terms that are sometimes used without knowing which is what!
The most obvious danger is that your headache is secondary to another medical condition that requires attention. If you're in treatment for migraines and know what you're experiencing, then you're probably safe to proceed with your headache management plan. A true migraine is accompanied by light sensitivity, noise sensitivity and even sensitivity to smells. This is due to the "central sensitization" in the brain. In other words, the nerves in your brain are overly sensitive. It may have nausea and vomiting but other symptoms of migraine can occur.
There are some people who experience unusual symptoms before the onset of a migraine headache. They see something visual, known as an aura, off to the side, usually the side of the head that they have their migraine pain. For some its lights flashing that they see while for others it vague shapes.
According to research, men are more prone to experience a migraine without headache than women and this condition tends to occur later in life to people who suffer from classic migraine (migraine with aura). As the name suggests, the most common symptom for this type of migraine is the aura or visual disturbance. Migraine and cluster headache are the severe head pain. The basic physiology of migraine and cluster headache involve with the dysfunction of trigemino vascular system cause vasodilation (enlargement of blood vessel) and neurologic inflammation. But migraine is afflicted more than cluster headache.
Besides the problem with nausea there is the flashing lights which is like looking into the sky on a sunny day without any sunglasses and this causes severe head pain mainly to the front side of the head. Common migraine usually occurs in women and can start anywhere between the ages of 10 and 46. It is hard to reliably diagnose a migraine because no tests are currently available. it is useful to know that a migraine has four stages - a premigraine stage, an aura stage, a headache phase, and a postmigraine stage. The most important thing you need to know about migraine stages is that not every person will experience every stage (or even every stage every time.) The premigraine stage can last from days to just a few hours.
Like with any medical problem it is important that you gather as much information you can about your condition and participate in the diagnosis and treatment of the condition. If you exhibit any of the signs above consult with your medical professional and give them this info for further analysis. Treatment of migraines can be through preventive therapy (prophylactic) or abortive therapy (relieving the migraine when it occurs). Ordinary headache medications or painkillers will sometimes not be enough to relieve migraine pain because it is not just a common headache but it can be used to lessen the pain.
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