WHAT IS MIGRAINE?
WHAT IS MIGRAINE?
While there are many different kinds of headaches - more than 129 has been classified - tension-type and migraine headaches are most common, affecting upwards of 75 per cent of all headache sufferers. Of these migraine is rarer but more talked about. As many as 6 per cent of all men and up to 18 per cent of all women ( about 12 per cent of the population as a whole) experience a migraine headache at some time. roughly three out of four migraine sufferers are female. Among the most distinguishing features is the potential disability accompanying the headache pain of a migraine.
A migraine is not just a headache. Although severe head pain usually accompanies migraine, and is generally an unpleasant symptom, there must be other specific symptoms present in order to classify the occurrence as a migraine.
You must have at least two of the following symptoms.
Pain that is more severe on one side of your head.
Throbbing or pounding pain.
Pain that disrupts normal activity.
Pain aggravated by activity.
And at least one of these symptoms:
You feel sick to your stomach, or feel like vomiting.
You are unusually bothered by light or sound.
It is this specific combination of at least two symptoms from the first list and at least one from the second that defines migraine. you could, of course, have more or even all the symptoms. However, if fewer, or different, symptoms are consistently present, you may not have migraine. That's is why it is so important for you to see your doctor if you have severe head pain.
While there are many different kinds of headaches - more than 129 has been classified - tension-type and migraine headaches are most common, affecting upwards of 75 per cent of all headache sufferers. Of these migraine is rarer but more talked about. As many as 6 per cent of all men and up to 18 per cent of all women ( about 12 per cent of the population as a whole) experience a migraine headache at some time. roughly three out of four migraine sufferers are female. Among the most distinguishing features is the potential disability accompanying the headache pain of a migraine.
A migraine is not just a headache. Although severe head pain usually accompanies migraine, and is generally an unpleasant symptom, there must be other specific symptoms present in order to classify the occurrence as a migraine.
You must have at least two of the following symptoms.
Pain that is more severe on one side of your head.
Throbbing or pounding pain.
Pain that disrupts normal activity.
Pain aggravated by activity.
And at least one of these symptoms:
You feel sick to your stomach, or feel like vomiting.
You are unusually bothered by light or sound.
It is this specific combination of at least two symptoms from the first list and at least one from the second that defines migraine. you could, of course, have more or even all the symptoms. However, if fewer, or different, symptoms are consistently present, you may not have migraine. That's is why it is so important for you to see your doctor if you have severe head pain.
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