Are you ever thankful for Google? Goggle is an amazing search engine for phonics like me. Anytime I feel something off or off I begin to Google my symptoms and then eliminate them one by one. This might sound crazy to some and if I was truly honest with myself I would probably agree that this behavior is a little bizarre but I cannot help it, I like to know what my problem is so that I can fix it appropriately. Migraines are a good example of how challenging it can be at times to discern what is causing one’s personal struggles
Migraines and headaches are often misdiagnosed for one another. Searching out and knowing the various symptoms of each individual can eliminate their symptoms one at a time and then determine if he or she is truly experiencing a migraine attack or some other form of head pain such as sinus infection or tension related headaches. Pay close attention to the next few bullet points they should explain in more detail what a headache vs. a migraine looks like.
- A headache attacks quickly and with no warning where as a migraine we learned has preemptive warning signs.
- Migraines can last up to three days headaches a few hours.
- A headache though bothersome does not typically result in a loss of productivity and the inability to function.
- Headaches feel more like a pulsing feeling inside your head; migraines on the other hand tend to be felt only on one side of the head.
- A bout of irritability might occur with a headache but typically resides after some over the counter medicine has been taken, sadly those suffering with a migraine do not bounce back as quickly.
- Feelings of nausea, dizziness, sensitivity to light and sound are all characters of a migraine and will not be present with a headache.
Most headaches are often short lived with no cause for concern there are times when a headache causes severe tension in the facial muscles putting a strain on the neck, shoulders eyes these headaches are called tension headaches and can be treated with over the counter medication. Some forty million people suffer with headaches throughout a given year making headaches a very common complaint, the concern is not that a headache has occurred but the frequency of the headache as well as the length in which the headache last. If frequent headaches (not migraines) occur and last longer than a few hours, medical attention might be needed in order to insure that the pain being felt is truly a headache and not something more.
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