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There are two types of headaches: primary headaches, the cause of which is unclear even after special tests, and secondary headaches, which are caused by special diseases such as cerebral pressure. The most commonly known headache is primary headache. Today, among the primary headaches, we are going to talk about migraine.
Migraine is medically defined as five or more recurring headache attacks lasting 4 to 72 hours. Because of the name, many people think that it is a headache that hurts one side of the head. But migraines don't really have anything to do with where they occur. Headaches often occur on one side of the head, but they can occur in the whole or in some parts and spread to the whole.
Symptoms of migraine include:
First, migraine headaches have a throbbing pattern of the head, as if the pulse is beating. Patients usually use the words 'throbbing', 'throbbing' or 'bursting'.
Second, migraine is a fairly painful headache. Moderate to severe symptoms are common. You can think of moderate or higher symptoms as pain that affects your daily life to the point where you stop doing what you are doing.
Third, migraine has accompanying symptoms. In particular, nausea and vomiting are characteristic. When differentiating between headache and migraine, if you feel nauseous and vomiting, it is almost always diagnosed as a migraine.
Fourth, sound phobia, light phobia may appear. Bright lights or loud noises cause irritation in the brain, which makes it feel painful.
Migraine headaches are divided into asymptomatic migraine and asymptomatic migraine. Asymptomatic symptoms account for nearly 80% of migraine headaches. Therefore, it is difficult to make an accurate diagnosis unless you are a specialist, so you must visit the hospital for a diagnosis.
If you've been diagnosed with migraines, it's important to look for triggers. It can be helpful to keep a journal in your notes. After a month or two, you can identify the cause of your headaches and avoid triggers on your own.
Finally, migraine headaches must be treated with the right medications and in the right doses. If migraine medication is used more than 8~10 times a month, the symptoms will worsen as it is called drug overuse headache. That's why we limit our acute medications to no more than twice a week.
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