People can also experience confusion, moodiness, dizziness, weakness and sensitivity to light and sound. Post drome: This is known as the final stage of a Migraine.In this stage, you might experience pain on both or just one side of your head, pulsing pain, sensitivity to light, nausea, vomiting and fainting. The frequency of the occurrence of the headache can vary from person to person. Attack: In this stage the Migraine usually lasts from 4 to 72 hours if it isn’t treated.
These symptoms can last for 20 to 60 minutes at a stretch. Sometimes, aura can also be characterized by speech disturbances. They usually have signs such as zigzag vision, wavy or light vision and flashes of light. Aura: This usually occurs during or before a Migraine.Prodrome: Two or three days before you get a Migraine, you can get warned by subtle changes such as constipation, intense mood swings, food cravings, neck stiffness, frequent urination, increase in thirst and frequent yawning.
Also, headaches are often relieved by over the counter medications and with relaxation techniques. Headaches rarely start during sleep while migraines usually start during sleep. During a migraine attack, a patient faces difficulty in carrying out his day-to-day activities, cannot sleep or rest and may continue to have the aura symptoms. Menstruation, menopause, low blood sugar, hypoglycaemia, a diet high in sugar, anxiety, exercise, contraceptives, medicines, dehydration, alcohol, too much screen time and diet are some of the triggering agents of migraine.ĭuring a headache, the patient may not have many other symptoms. Sudden stress, anxiety, depression, poor posture, tiredness, dehydration, hunger, smells, squinting, noise and sunlight could be the triggering agents for headaches. For example, ’Basilar’ migraines are characterised with symptoms of fainting, double vision and loss of balance and ‘Familial hemiplegic’ migraines are characterised by reversible paralysis. These are due to the neurological changes in the brain. These can be visual, auditory, psychological or physiological.
On the other hand, migraine has auras beforehand. Headaches do not have any warning signs accompanying it. It lasts for a couple of days and is accompanied by a few other symptoms called the aura. It is a throbbing and severe pain which is felt at the side or in the front of the head. On the contrary, migraine tends to range from moderate to very severe in intensity. More commonly, it lasts for half an hour to a couple of hours. It is a dull pain felt across the head, is mild to moderate, and in extreme cases, may last for a few days. The main cause of the headache is the contraction of the muscles between the head and neck.
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