| Migraine is a common neurological condition that | | | | few. Symptoms also vary from person to person. |
| affects millions of people from all ages, nationalities | | | | Further, a migraine symptom could be felt days |
| and gender. Like any other disease, its presence is | | | | before the attack, during the prodrome stage. In |
| manifested by symptoms felt by the sufferer | | | | these times, the migraineur has unexplained |
| and whose existence allows physicians to make a | | | | feelings of elation or intense energy, cravings for |
| diagnosis. | | | | sweets, thirst, drowsiness or irritability and |
| The most common migraine symptom and the | | | | depression. |
| most recognizable as well, is the headache. | | | | Diagnosing migraine is not an easy task for the |
| Although it is not present in the rarer forms of | | | | physician. In order to make an accurate |
| the disease, it is one evident sign of migraine. The | | | | evaluation, he will need to have as much |
| headache that accompanies a migraine is not the | | | | information as possible, obtained from the patient |
| kind that gives a dull ache. The pain felt by | | | | and from medical tests conducted. Observation |
| migraineurs is the intense, throbbing kind which | | | | and analysis of symptoms is very helpful in |
| sometimes necessitates complete rest and | | | | arriving at a diagnosis. By knowing what |
| disrupts normal daily functions. However, a | | | | symptoms are experienced by the patient, the |
| headache is not the only indicator that signals a | | | | specialist will be able to tell what type of migraine |
| migraine. Depending on the migraine attack, a host | | | | it is and what treatments are to be administered. |
| of other symptoms arise as well. Analyzing them | | | | During consultation, the patient will be required to |
| helps the medical practitioner in determining what | | | | describe the duration and frequency of his |
| type of migraine the patient is suffering from and | | | | headaches and how intense they are, where pain |
| in prescribing the appropriate medications. | | | | is located, presence of associated symptoms and |
| An inventory of migraine symptoms could be | | | | behavior during a headache. Since other illnesses |
| quite lengthy due to the various types of the | | | | also exhibit similar sings to migraine, these have to |
| disease. A generalized list of these include: severe | | | | be ruled out. A case in point is the fact that |
| headache on one or both sides of the head, | | | | people with sever sinusitis also experience double |
| nausea, vomiting, weakness, vision disturbance, | | | | vision and vision loss. |
| sensitivity to light and sound, pain over one eye, | | | | Experiencing migraine, however mild, is not a |
| aura, blurred vision and temporary blind spots. | | | | pleasant event. But the sufferer can put this to |
| When the migraine comes with aura, this gives | | | | good use by being observant and recording what |
| rise to a whole new set of symptoms that | | | | he is going through. The complexity of migraine |
| consists of: seeing flashing lights or zigzag lines, | | | | and the difficulty in diagnosing it means that no |
| temporary blindness, speech difficulty, tingling and | | | | detail is insignificant. Thus, if the patient is to take |
| weakness in the limbs and face, confusion, | | | | an active role in the management of his disease, |
| giddiness and noise sensitivity. This does not mean | | | | he needs to be vigilant of every single migraine |
| the sufferer undergoes all the symptoms during | | | | symptom. |
| the attack. Most likely, he will experience only a | | | | |