The Symptoms Of A Migraine..What's Yours?

You can have symptoms of a complicated migraine such as ocular migraine, ophthalmic migraine, basilar migraine, just to name a few, and some of those migraine symptoms can be frighting.

If you've never had symptoms of a migraine before, and it's scaring you, then "go to the emergency room to be for sure that you don't have something going on that may not relate to a migraine, and may be serious".

You know, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We don't want anything to happen to you!

Here are your migraine symptoms, but not all migraine sufferers have everyone of them.

My wife doesn't have the aura with hers. But the symptoms of a migraine are, moderate to severe pain on one or both sides of the head.

Some pain may throb, almost like the heart pulse, but on its own rhythm. You also have pain, and vomiting.

You may also have

#(1)Fear of, or dislike of light.

#(2)Fear of, or dislike of sound.

#(3)Your Pain may be worse with movement.

You can have a traditional migraine, which is often referred to as a migraine with aura. It is preceded by visual disturbances "aura".

Common migraine or migraine without aura, what my wife experiences, lacks this specific warning.

Many migraine patients will experience a vague sensation that things are just not right, that may precede the headache by several hours.

Although sometimes comparable in severity, the symptoms of a migraine differ from those of cluster headache.

Here's a great site with a ton of info on migraines. Additional symptoms of a migraine

Nausea occurs in almost ninety percent of people with migraines, and vomiting occurs in about one third.

Have your Doctor write you a prescription for nausea pills, and keep them handy, in your purse or car because you will need then sooner or later, and you want to have them near.

Many patients experience sensory hyperexcitability, and seek a dark, and quiet room.

You may even have blurred vision, nasal stuffiness, diarrhea, pallor,or sweating may be noted during the headache phase.

There may be localized edema of the scalp or face, scalp tenderness, prominence of a vein or artery in the temple, or stiffness, and tenderness of the neck.

You may be wondering how I know a good bit about the symptoms of a migraine.

You see, I have watched my wife suffer for many years with these horrible "things", so I know her migraines.

Impairment of concentration, and mood are common in migraine sufferers.

The extremities tend to feel cold, and moist in some.

Vertigo may be experienced, a variation of the typical migraine, called vestibular migraine, has also been described. Lightheadedness, and a feeling of faintness may occur to.

Another web site with more information on the symptoms of migraines. So how do migraines start?

Learn how 45% of headache sufferers have headaches because of neck pain related to some upset in the neck area, or another page on migraine symptoms also.

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