Who has not experienced the occasional headache? It might have been caused by stress or loud noises, and a couple of pain killers usually take care of the problem. In stark contrast, migraines are more than just headaches.

As a matter of fact, migraines are considered a neurological problem that presents with headaches as a symptom, but is by far more involved. Actually, there are several more symptoms attached to this condition.

Whereas the average headache may last a couple of hours, or be noticeable throughout the duration of a day – albeit dulled by pain medication – a migraine headache has an almost unabated severity that might last one to three days. Women more often than men are affected by this condition and the headaches are accompanied by severe nausea and also sensitivity to light, sound, and scents.

At this time it is still uncertain just how this neurological dysfunction occurs and why. There have been developments that have indicated a genetic predisposition to migraines, but the exact cause that triggers the condition to develop is as of you unknown.  Read more...

Migraine headaches are unlike any form of pain you have ever encountered. Those who never experienced the agony have a hard time comprehending the length to which a sufferer will go in order to end the ordeal.

What often goes by the wayside is the fact that in addition to the pain in the head, there is are concurrent symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting, gastrointestinal upset and dehydration, vision problems, loss of balance, hot flashes, and even severe mood swings.

As you can see, the quest for migraine headache relief is an urgent one for the sufferer and when the onset of a migraine is compounded with additional symptoms, the urgency is even more pronounced.

In addition to the foregoing, migraine headaches do not simply last for a couple of hours or a day, but in some cases may span two or even three full days! This causes a severe disruption in the migraine patient’s life, work, schooling, and overall activities. In some cases these migraines have been known to ruin entire occasions and vacations.  Read more...