Is This a Migraine Headache?
By Margaret Albright

A migraine headache is a very painful, throbbing or pulsating headache that tends to recur. It is often associated with nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light, sound, and smells. Hands and feet may feel cold and sweaty and unusual odors may be intolerable. Migraines may disrupt your sleep and can cause depression. Moving around can make the headache feel worse. Attacks tend to become less severe as the migraine sufferer ages.

Migraines afflict about 24 million people in the United States. They may occur at any age, but usually begin between the ages of 10 and 40 and diminish after age 50. Some people experience several migraines a month, while others have only a few migraines throughout their lifetime. Approximately 75% of migraine sufferers are women.
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The Dreadful Migraine
By David Chandler

A migraine is a throbbing or pulsating headache that is often one sided (unilateral) and associated with nausea; vomiting; sensitivity to light, sound, smells; sleep disruption, and depression. Attacks are often recurrent and tend to become less severe as the migraine sufferer ages.

Types

Migraines are classified according to the symptoms they produce. The two most common types are migraine with aura and migraine without aura. Less common types include the following: Basilar artery migraine, Carotidynia, Headache-free migraine, Ophthalmoplegic migraine, Status migraine.
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The Migraine Headache – Allergy Connection
By Cari Haus

Most everyone has had a headache at some time, but there are people who cannot function on a daily basis due to headache pain. Many people go to physicians for headaches, in fact, headaches are the ninth most common cause of physician visits. Some headaches are caused by serious medical conditions and may need medical treatment.

Migraines, which come on an average of 1-2 times per month, may last anywhere from 3 hours to 3 days each. The pain, may vary from throbbing to moderate, often comes on gradually. Sometimes it starts on one side of the head and then switches sides. People report seeing lights, rainbows and blurred vision. There may also be loss of appetite, nausea or vomiting.
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A Little Riboflavin Goes A Long Way For Migraine Relief
By Alan R. Gaby, MD

Supplementing with relatively small amounts of riboflavin (vitamin B2) may reduce the frequency and severity of migraines in chronic sufferers, reports a study in Headache (2004;44:885–90). Previous studies showing that riboflavin can prevent migraines used 400 mg per day, which is at least 200 times the amount in a typical diet. In the new study, 25 mg per day appeared to be effective.

Riboflavin was originally considered for migraine prevention because researchers observed that migraine sufferers tend to have impaired energy production in brain cells, which riboflavin has the potential to enhance as it is a component of a key substance involved in the body’s energy production.
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Migraines: Exploding 5.2 Migraine Myths
By Rodney Robbins

After living with complicated migraines with auras for all of my adult life, I’ve learned there are at least 5.2 dangerous migraine myths that can cost you dearly. Learning the truth behind these myths could save your life.

1. Everyone Knows that Migraines Are One Sided Headaches

This myth can delay your diagnosis by, oh, 20 or 30 years! Migraines can also include pain on both sides of the head, speech disturbances, blurred vision, pins and needles feelings or other odd sensation especially in the hands and lips; mood swings, crying jags, irritability, or sudden, overwhelming depression; stomach, neck or shoulder pain (instead of head pain); even yawning spells or weird smells (for me it was pencil shavings). In fact, a “migraine headache” might not include much if any head pain at all. It depends on what area of the brain has the blood flow disturbance.
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