One of the Symptoms of Migraines is Intense Pain

The symptoms of migraines are different from cluster headaches, and tension headaches.

One of the most disturbing migraine symptoms is the aura that goes with some migraines.

Out of the millions of people that suffer from migraines, many think they just have headaches, and never go to a doctor to have their headaches diagnosed. And then some are misdiagnosed by doctors. (not headache specialist)

But there is a distinction between tension headaches and migraine headaches, and there is no comparison between the cluster headache, and the two previous ones.

Although the treatments for all three types of headaches may be somewhat similar, such as the preventives, and medicine that is given for all three headache types, but each headache has certain treatments that work better for that headache. Also, many migraine triggers can also be the same ones (food, alcohol use, stress, changes in sleep patterns, to name a few), that trigger cluster headaches, and tension headaches.

The symptoms of migraines are different from tension headaches in that !!!!

#(1)If you have a head pain that is intense, throbbing, or pounding, are sick as heck, and end up upchucking (vomiting), then you have a migraine headache.

#(2)If light, sound, or smell, starts your head to hurting, you have a migraine. That triggers migraines. Bright light, the sun, and loud noises just kills my wife's head. (She tries to avoid all of them).

#(3)If you have any numbness or tingling in your hands or feet, and your headache lasts from several hours to several days, you are experiencing migraines.

Now mind you, these are the most common symptoms of migraines. And you're probably not going to have all of these symptoms at once. Above is the migraine symptoms that stand out when you suffer from a migraine.

You also have some small tell, tell symptoms that precede a migraine, and these apply to many migraine sufferers.

Here's what to pay attention to, and you may be able to head off your migraine with medicine.

These migraine symptoms may not be dramatic, and you could very easy overlook these symptoms, but do you ever have?

#(1)Confusion!!

#(2)Irritability!!

#(3)Food cravings!!

#(4)Yawning!!

#(5)A feeling of lightheadedness!!

#(6)Dark coloration beneath your eyes!!

#(7)Or a kind of excitability!!

If you have these migraine signs, they could be your signs that a migraine is approaching.

One of the migraine symptoms that is as worrisome as the migraine itself is the migraine with aura.

Luckily these types of migraines are experience by about one in every four migraine sufferers. But when you think of around twenty eight million or so just in the USA, that's still quite a bunch of people that face this disturbing migraine.

If you have an aura before your migraine, does it appear like this?

Do you see black spots or flashing lights, how about a partial, temporary loss of vision? Have you ever had zigzagging lines jumping around before your eyes?

Jot these symptoms down and show your doctor the ones you have if you have a visual migraine.

#(1) Double vision

#(2) Zigzag lines

#(3) Loss of vision in one eye

#(4) Total blindness

#(5) Flashing Lights

#(6) Double vision

#(7) Blurry vision

Also write down when the visual migraine starts. Does it start before the head pain, same time as the head pain, or both before and after the head pain?

And number three on your symptoms of migraines, does your visual aura spread slowly, or begins all at once?

Triggers that can actually trigger the symptoms of migraines.

Maybe one of the greatest reasons for your migraines is a family history. You have a much greater chance of migraines because you have inherited your family's genes.

But the rest of these triggers can't be blamed on Mom or Dad.

You can deal with, and change what you eat (some foods are migraine triggers), your sleep habits, the amount of stress you have, stop alcohol if you drink, watch out for some chemicals and scents, and for you women, watch out for birth control pills, and hormone replacement therapy.

As you know some of the symptoms of migraines aren't pretty, and some are right down painful, and scary (aura). So if you can watch out for the migraine triggers, that in turn may decrease your migraines symptoms.

Our last page is about ocular migraine symptoms.

All the best with those headaches

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