Archive for November, 2009

Know About Migraine

Migraine is a type of primary headache. Primary headache is the type of headache, where headache and associated symptoms occur in the absence of any exogenous cause. Some examples of primary headache are migraine headache, tension-type headache, and cluster headache. Migraine is a very common clinical problem which afflicts approximately 15% of women and 6% of men. Migraine is the second most common cause of headache. Migraine headache is episodic in nature and is associated with certain features such as sensitivity to light, sound, or movement. Light, sound, movements are the activating factors of migraine and these are known as activators (also known as “triggers”). The specialty of migraine is its possibility of identification by a layman by its activators or “triggers”.

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