Migraine

What is migraine?
A migraine is usually a severe headache felt as a throbbing pain on one, or sometimes, both sides of the head and is commonly accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. They are more common in women. Migraine headaches often begin in childhood, adolescence or early adulthood. Some people who get migraines have warning symptoms, called an aura, before the actual headache begins. An aura is a group of symptoms, including vision changes. An aura is a warning sign that a bad headache is coming.

There are several types of migraine, including:
Migraine with aura (classic migraine): where there are warning signs before the migraine begins, such as seeing flashing lights.
Migraine without aura (common migraine): With this form of migraine, a person does not have an aura but has all the other features of an attack.