Notifiable Disease #4
Ugh! Headaches - Migraine
Lasting from 4-72 hours per episode and 1-2 attacks in a month,
such a throbbing headache, typically described by patient as having
pain only at one particular side of the skull reflects it's nature
of attack. One would often get the attacks in an enormous amount of
stress, cigarette smoking, alcohol, lack of sleep, taking foods
that trigger it, hormonal changes during menstruation or puberty,
certain medication, bright light or loud noises.
It is uncertain as for the cause but is typically classified into
two types, classic migraine and common migraine, in which the sole
differentiation is that those with classic migraine experience an
aura before going into an attack...
The aura can be visual or sensory, visual being able to see zig-zag
lines, dotty vision and flashes of lights, and sensory being
feeling numbness over the site of pre-emptive pain.
When you know you are going to suffer an attack soon, try to calm
down yourself, get away from your work-desk or whatever that has
been giving you the trigger factor. Sleep in a silent and dark
room, most people find this the best way to get off it. There is
typically no cure for migraine, but there are medications to
relieve your symptoms. 
