Migraine headaches

Migraine headaches cause severe pain and tremendous disability, and yet less than half of all people who suffer from these disabling headaches are receiving appropriate treatment. Most of the people ignore it. Only about fifty percent of the more than thirty million people with migraine have been diagnosed by a physician, and can therefore get the powerful prescription medications that can stop migraines in their tracks.

How does a migraine behave?
Migraine often manifests as a one-sided, severe, throbbing headache in or behind the eye, and occurs in women three times more often than men. Nobody want to be a patient of migraine. It is associated with nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light and sound, and is sometimes preceded by a visual aura, such as multicolored dots or bright zigzag lines, which might obscure vision for about twenty minutes. If left untreated, the entire migraine attack can last from twenty-four to forty-eight hours and is often associated with disability, preventing the patient from working, going to school, or taking care of domestic tasks.

Other Important Links for Headaches and related topic:

http://www.americanheadachesociety.org/
http://www.headacheaustralia.org.au/types_of_headache
http://www.headache-help.org/

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