What are the most common Migraine Headache Symptoms?
I think I've been experiencing migraine headaches and I needed to know what are the more common migraine headache symptoms?
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1. headaches2. Headache
Vision problems (as if you have looked at a lightbulb/camera flash)
Feeling sick
Sensitivity to light
3. Intense pain in the head, usually on one side or the other but sometimes the entire head is involved
Sensitivity to light
Sensitivity to sound
Some people get nauseous
4. migraine headaches is like this:
pain in one side of the head (left or right)
the pain is like something that punctured you, like a knife pricking your head
it has to be cronic (means that the pain has to have long data)
the pain appears (or increases) when you see shinning lights, or after a bad night when you don't sleep well, after a party, after drinking alcohol too
in medicine school they told me that you must not eat chocolates, chinesse food, snacks, sodas, coffee. do not smoke or drink alcohol. sleep well, not stay up late (this can prevent the migraine)... but the most important think: if the pain is hard you must go to the doctor (go to a neurologist... he can prescribe you some medicine to calm or prevent the pain)
5. Hi, Here you can find very good post on migraine
http://bimbim.in/post/2012/01/09/Migraine-headache-symptom-treatment.aspx
6. Migraines are a neurological disease, not just headaches. There are four potential phases of a migraine attack: Prodrome, aura, headache, postdrome.
Since you are specifically asking about the headache part of the phase, here are potential symptoms of the headache:
* headache
o frequently unilateral (one-sided). The headache can shift from one side to the other, become bilateral (on both sides), or be bilateral entirely
o often pulsating or throbbing
o worsened by physical activity
o duration of four to 72 hours in adults, one to 72 hours in children
o Because the trigeminal nerve becomes inflamed during a Migraine, and because of its location, pain may occur around eyes, in the sinus area, and the teeth and jaw.
* confusion
* dehydration
* dizziness
* depression, anxiety, panic
* diarrhea or constipation
* fluid retention
* hot flashes and / or chills
* nasal congestion and / or runny nose
* nausea and / or vomiting
* neck pain
* osmophobia (heightened sensitivity to odors)
* phonophobia (heightened sensitivity to sound)
* photophobia (heightened sensitivity to light)
* vertigo
Just remember, you can have a migraine without the headache, they are called silent migraines in which you go through the other potential phases of the migraine. I highly suggest checking out this page that goes through all the symptoms of each of the phases: http://migraine.com/migraine-basics/migraine-phases/
Best of luck! If you are having migraines you should definitely see your doctor to 1) make sure that they are migraines, and 2) to make sure you are healthy and not doing anything that could make the migraines worse or put the rest of your health at risk.
7. Migraine headaches usually are described as an intense, throbbing or pounding pain that involves one temple. (Sometimes the pain is located in the forehead, around the eye, or at the back of the head).
The pain usually is unilateral (on one side of the head), although about a third of the time the pain is bilateral (on both sides of the head).
The unilateral headaches typically change sides from one attack to the next. (In fact, unilateral headaches that always occur on the same side should alert the doctor to consider a secondary headache, for example, one caused by a brain tumor).
A migraine headache usually is aggravated by daily activities such as walking upstairs.
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, facial pallor, cold hands, cold feet, and sensitivity to light and sound commonly accompany migraine headaches. As a result of this sensitivity to light and sound, migraine sufferers usually prefer to lie in a quiet, dark room during an attack. A typical attack lasts between 4 and 72 hours.
8. Pain on one side of your head
Pain that has a pulsating, throbbing quality
Sensitivity to light, sounds
Nausea and vomiting
Blurred vision
100x worse then a regular headache
9. A majority of the migraine attacks are accompanied by headache, which is an intense, throbbing or pounding pain involving one temple. At times, the pain may be located in the forehead or around the eye or the back of the head. Usually, migraine attack reoccurs and is a chronic disability. The headache is generally on one side of the head, though it may rarely happen on both the sides. The unilateral headache changes sides alternatively, from one attack to another, which is, in fact, characteristic of migraine (otherwise it may be a more serious problem).
Daily routines like walking upstairs can aggravate a migraine headache. The most common and obvious symptoms of migraine are nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to light. Some people experience warning symptoms called aura before the actual beginning of a headache. An aura is a group of symptoms, mainly a vision disturbance which foretells that a headache is coming. But, most of the people do not have such warning signs. In fact, migraine headaches are classified based on their symptoms such as migraine without aura, migraine with aura and mixed tension migraine.
Migraine without aura: The most common symptoms can be a throbbing pulsating headache, which is usually worse on the sides of the forehead, generally only on one side, that can be either severe or dull, lasting for six to forty eight hours. The other symptoms are dizziness, vertigo (a feeling that the room is moving), loss of appetite, fatigue and nausea. There may be symptoms after a migraine attack too. It can be dullness, neck pain and a need for more sleep. Such symptoms may be accompanied apart from headache.
Migraine with aura: Before the headache, the warning symptoms may occur anywhere from a few minutes to 24 hours and the aura or vision changes happen in one or both the eyes. The symptoms may be one or more of the following; seeing zigzag lines, seeing flashing lights, temporary blind spots, sensitivity to bright light, visual hallucinations, blurred vision and eye pain. Accompanying the headache, there are other symptoms like loss of appetite, chills, increased urination, increased sweating, irritability and fatigue. The "pounding" headache starts on one side and spreads to the other side that typically starts as a dull ache and progressively worsens over several minutes to hours. So, the patients wish to rest in a quiet, dark room.
Mixed tension migraine: This migraine is a headache with features of both tension and migraine headache. The symptoms include headache on one or both sides and the person may feel dull, tight and the pain, which varies from mild to severe, may get worse with activity, lasting from 4 to 72 hours. Sensitivity to light or sound, depression, tingling, sluggishness, numbness, and weakness are other symptoms.
