Symptoms Of Migraine Headaches

Migraine attacks often have a unilateral headache, pulsating intensity moderate-severe, frequently accompanied by nausea and vomiting, photo-phobia and / or photo-phobia. The attacks usually last less than 3 days and can be of such intensity that they interfere with daily activities of personal and professional who suffer. Additionally, patients with migraine have to live with the uncertainty of when their next attack will be and what intensity.

Headaches affecting one side of the head are the most widely recognized symptom of migraine, but not the only one. Migraine can be accompanied by:

Aura

Phase that have a minority of patients with migraine. Symptoms include disturbances in vision, hearing, perception of odors and flavors and feel that lasts about an hour. The visual aura is the most common type of aura can include flashing lights, bright zigzag lines that move the eyes or "heat waves" that traverse the field of vision.

Sensitivity

Sensitivity to light, sounds, smells, or movement

Nausea and vomiting

Other symptoms

Other symptoms associated with migraine include:

* Upset stomach, abdominal pain
* Loss of appetite
* Feeling very hot or cold
* Paleness
* Fatigue
* Dizziness
* Visual Disorders
* Diarrhea
* Fever (rare)

Duration

A crisis can develop migraine for days, following a process comprising four phases. When it comes to migraine, knowledge is power. Check if you recognize some of these stages of their crises of migraine.

Phase 1: Prodrome or Premonitory

The premonitory phase may precede the crisis in 24 hours or more. Some patients experience euphoria, irritability, fatigue, diarrhea or anxiety by eating or drinking.

Phase 2: headache

The headache is usually located on one side of the head and lasts a few hours to three days. Symptoms include:

* Stabbing pain with nausea and / or vomiting
* Sensitivity to light
* Sensitivity to sound
* Sensitivity to smells
* Sensitivity to the motion (the pain worsens with exercise, like climbing stairs)

Phase 3: Postdrómica

Postdrómica phase follows the phase of headache and lasts a few hours to several days. Once the crisis has migraine, many patients say they feel exhausted, lethargic, weak or even extremely happy.