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A migraine is a headache that can cause severe throbbing pain or a pulsing sensation, usually on one side of the head. It's often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound.
Migraine with aura (also called classic migraine) is a recurring headache that strikes after or at the same time as sensory disturbances called aura. These disturbances can include flashes of light, blind spots, and other vision changes or tingling in your hand or face.
When symptoms of migraine start, try heading to a quiet, darkened room. Close your eyes and rest or take a nap. Place a cool cloth or ice pack wrapped in a towel or cloth on your forehead and drink lots of water.
Occurs after a viral upper respiratory infection or cold. Includes thick, discolored nasal mucus. Is associated with a decreased sense of smell. Causes pain in one cheek or upper teeth. Headaches due to sinus disease often last days or longer, and migraines most commonly last hours to a day or two.
But some people might first have migraine-like nausea and aura. Common symptoms during a cluster headache include: Extreme sharp or stabbing pain, usually in, behind or around one eye. The pain can spread to other areas of the face, head and neck. Pain on one side of the head in a single cluster.
The most common primary headaches are: Cluster headache; Migraine; Migraine with aura; Tension headache; Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia (TAC), such as cluster headache and paroxysmal hemicrania; A few headache patterns also are generally considered types of primary headache, but are less common.
Research has shown that people who experience symptoms such as reflux, diarrhea, constipation and nausea are more likely to have headaches than people who don't. And digestive conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome and celiac disease may be linked to migraines.
It usually isn't serious. Sometimes people use the term "ocular migraine" to refer to a retinal migraine. This type of migraine is very rare and causes visual changes in one eye. When visual changes are only in one eye, they could signal something serious and may need treatment right away.
Symptoms. Spinal headache symptoms include: Dull, throbbing pain that varies in intensity from mild to very severe; Pain that typically gets worse when you sit up or stand and decreases or goes away when you lie down; Spinal headaches are often accompanied by: Dizziness; Ringing in the ears (tinnitus) Hearing loss; Blurred or double vision
The pain of these severe headaches peaks within 60 seconds. Thunderclap headaches are uncommon, but they can warn of potentially life-threatening conditions — usually having to do with bleeding in and around the brain. Seek emergency medical attention for a thunderclap headache.