How does one classify a migraine? Is a migraine just another headache but more painful? Migraines can be classified and no, migraines are much more than just a bad headache. This article will address these two questions as briefly and clearly as possible. Migraine headaches are classified as a vascular headache and there are several ways that a person can determine if the head pain they have felt was indeed a migraine or just a bad headache.
What is a vascular headache?
Vascular headaches got their name due to the physiological changes that occur in the brain when this particular headache develops. Migraines are often a reoccurring condition that is considered to be a neurological condition. Why? As a migraine begins to develop a series of events occur creating a domino effect that can leave the patient incapacitated for several days. Migraines occur when the blood vessels in the brain begin to enlarge; as the vessels enlarge they begin to release a harmful chemical into the brain. The chemicals that have been released in the brain are there for one reason – to attack the brains arteries.
Symptoms of a migraine begin to manifest themselves once the brains arteries begin to go under attack. Migraine symptoms are miserable and only worsen as the blood vessels grow and the pain does not ease until the blood vessels full expanding capacity has been reached. Migraine symptoms include:
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Cognitive Confusion
- Diarrhea
- Throbbing / Pounding Head Pain
- Sensitivity to light and sound
Migraine symptoms can last up to seventy two hours and leave a migraine patient hiding in a dark quiet place unable to function or carry on normal household or work related responsibilities.
Headache
Headaches are not nearly as severe as a migraine and can be treated with over the counter medication. Headaches are often described as a pulsing feeling and come on quickly and with no warning. Headaches tend to be felt within the facial muscles and down through the neck and shoulders. Migraine relief cannot be found with simple over the counter medicines and typically requires the intervention of a medical professional or herbal supplement that have been proven to help alleviate migraines – nothing else will suffice.
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