According to Wikipedia:
"Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent moderate to severe headaches often in association with a number of autonomic nervous system symptoms. The word derives from the Greek ἡμικρανία (hemikrania), "pain on one side of the head", from ἡμι- (hemi-), "half", and κρανίον (kranion), "skull".
Typically the headache is unilateral (affecting one half of the head) and pulsating in nature, lasting from 2 to 72 hours. Associated symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, photophobia (increased sensitivity to light), phonophobia (increased sensitivity to sound) and the pain is generally aggravated by physical activity. Up to one-third of people with migraine headaches perceive an aura: a transient visual, sensory, language, or motor disturbance which signals that the headache will soon occur. Occasionally an aura can occur with little or no headache following it. (...)"
Whatever you call it, however you describe it, it is an awful thing! Mine just feels like nuclear explosions in my head. I have eliminated some easy-to-recognize triggers already. Yes, my beloved CHOCOLATE! I have not tasted it for many months! But who knows how many migraine attacks I have prevented.
As a migraine sufferer - I wish to myself and to all migraine sufferers to master the art of prevention and self control in the quest to freedom from migraine.
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