Migraine can be diagnosed by history, clinical symptoms, laboratory tests, imaging tests and other tests.
1. Medical history: patients usually have a family history of migraine, may have a history of previous headaches, insomnia, irritability, menstruation, consumption of pickled foods, etc. can trigger headache attacks.
2. Clinical symptoms: Migraine sufferers often present with recurrent moderate-to-severe headache, throbbing headache on one side or both sides, accompanied by nausea and vomiting, and the headache can last for 4 to 72 hours.
3. Laboratory tests: If the patient is suspected of having intracranial infection, bleeding, etc., cerebrospinal fluid examination may be carried out to collect cerebrospinal fluid through lumbar puncture, and there is no abnormality in the examination of migraine headache.
4. Imaging tests: such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), CT, etc. MRI helps to rule out brain tumors, brain hemorrhages, strokes, infections, and other brain and neurological disorders. a CT scan creates a detailed cross-sectional image of the brain, which can help to rule out infections, brain damage, tumors, brain hemorrhages, and other disorders that may cause headaches. Migraine headaches are not abnormal on examination.
If migraine is diagnosed, it should be treated aggressively with your doctor.