Migraine Headache

Hildreth discusses the causes, medical diagnosis and treatment of migraine headache. Migraine is a recurrent headache disorder with intense pain that may be unilateral and accompanied by nausea or vomiting as well as photosensitivity and phonosensitivity. The aura may consist of seeing flashing lights, having numbness or tingling in the face or extremities, having a disturbed sense of smell, or having difficulty speaking. However, only about one-third of individuals who have migraine headaches experience auras. Migraines are painful but fortunately are not life-threatening.