Migraine disorder

A migraine is usually a moderate or severe headache felt as a throbbing pain on one side of the head. It is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. Migraine attacks will likely get worse with physical activity, lights, sounds or smells. It may last at least four hours or even days. About 12% of Americans have this genetic disorder.

Many people also have symptoms such as feeling sick, being sick and increased sensitivity to light or sound. People describe migraine pain as: pulsating, throbbing, perforating, pounding, debilitating

Migraine is a common health condition, affecting around 1 in every 5 women and around 1 in every 15 men. They usually begin in early adulthood.

Migraines, which affect children and teenagers as well as adults, can progress through four stages: prodrome, aura, attack, and post-drome.

There are three levels of frequency of migraine.
*Episodic migraine: The patients get migraine now and then.
*High-frequency episodic migraine: The patients have eight to 14 migraine headache days per month.
*Chronic migraine: The patients have migraine headaches on more than 15 days of the month.

There are several types of migraines:
*Migraine with aura (complicated migraine)
*Migraine without aura (common migraine)
*Migraine without head pain
*Hemiplegic migraine
*Retinal migraine (ocular migraine)
*Chronic migraine
*Migraine with brainstem aura
*Status migrainosus
Migraine disorder