Migraine headaches are ordinary headaches but they are severe in their nature of pain. It is characterized by recurrent episodes. Generally the pain is throbbing in nature and felt on one side of the head.
The common head ache due to other reasons like cold may affect the front of the head, in tension form of head ache the pain is felt in the temple or in the back of the head and other common head aches may be felt like a belt around the head with no other warning or associated symptoms. But migraine head aches are usually have warning signs like dizziness, flashes of light, numbness in cheek, excessive saliva formation. They may also have nausea and vomiting during the attack.
But migraine head aches are felt almost in one side of the head either in left or right side of the head and they are recurrent in nature. The migraine head aches are sensitive to light, smell and noise.
Migraine head aches usually begin to appear almost in the childhood days or in adolescence, at the age of puberty in girls and rarely in young adult age. They are able to affect the routine activities like going to school, games and other activities in young sufferers.
The simple mechanism that is involved in the causes of migraine is narrowing and widening of blood vessels in the head. It is triggered by several factors include:
Hunger
Change of weather
Fatigue
Mental stress
Chocolates
Menstrual period
Starvation
Certain foods including alcohol, cheese and pizza
Changes in sleep patterns
Hormonal imbalance
Travel
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