Symptoms of migraine
1.Typical migraine
Typical migraine, also known as migraine with aura, often develops in adolescence and mostly has a family history. The most common symptom is visual symptom, which lasts for several hours to more than ten hours, or up to 1-2 days, and it often returns to normal after a sleep. The length of the interval is variable, with frequent attacks occurring several times a day or once every few months.
Symptoms of typical migraine attack process.
(1) Prodromal phase.
A few hours to a few days before the attack, some migraine patients may experience psychiatric symptoms such as depression, restlessness and drowsiness, or photophobia, phonophobia, olfactory allergy, diarrhea and thirst.
Other prodromal symptoms include general discomfort, speech disturbance, numbness in the fingers and lips, dizziness, pallor, and frequent urination.
(2) Aura phase.
The most common symptoms are visual disturbances and ocular symptoms, which may appear on the opposite side of the headache, such as flashing dark spots in the visual field, gold stars in front of the eyes, distorted vision and hemianopia.
This is followed by somatosensory aura, such as numbness and abnormal sensation in one limb or face, and less frequently by motor aura.
Aura symptoms may last for several minutes to one hour.
(3) Pre-headache.
This produces arterial dilatation and a throbbing headache soon after. The pain occurs suddenly and is mostly located in the forehead or top of the head in one case.
(4) Extreme phase of headache.
This is when the pain has reached its peak. It extends to one side of the head or the whole head, and the posterior part of the eye may also be accompanied by severe pain.
The degree of pain gradually increases and is accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and phonophobia.
It lasts for 2-3 hours and then gradually decreases from high bee and progresses to the late stage of pain.
(5) Late stage of headache.
The degree of headache gradually decreases, and will be accompanied by symptoms such as fatigue, boredom, inattention, and gradually move to sleep.
2.Ordinary migraine
General migraine, also called migraine without aura, is the most common type of migraine, and the family history is not obvious.
It has some obscure prodromal symptoms, often bilateral temporal and periorbital throbbing pain. Gastrointestinal symptoms or mild mood changes may occur several hours or days before the headache.
Sometimes the headache is similar in location and nature to a typical migraine, such as recurrent unilateral pulsating headaches with photophobia, fear of sound, nausea, and vomiting.
The duration of headache can be several days.
3.Special type of migraine
(1) Oculomotor paralysis type migraine.
Oculomotor paralysis type migraine is less common. After the migraine attack, eye muscle paralysis may occur, and the nerve of the eye may be involved, and in some cases, the slide and abducens nerve are also involved, which may last for several hours to several weeks.
(2) Hemiplegic migraine.
The hemiplegic type of migraine mostly develops in childhood and stops in adulthood. The hemiplegia may be the aura of migraine and may be accompanied by hemiplegic numbness and speech impairment, or may occur alone.
(3) Basal migraine.
Basilar migraine is also called basilar artery migraine. It is usually seen in children and adolescent females and may be accompanied by vertigo, diplopia, nystagmus, tinnitus, bilateral limb numbness and weakness. Most of the aura symptoms last for 20-30 minutes, and then occipital and neck pain occurs, often accompanied by nausea and vomiting.
(4) Late onset migraine.
Late onset migraine occurs after 45 years of age. Recurrent episodes of hemiplegia, numbness, aphasia or dysarthria occur, and the symptoms of neurological deficit are basically the same each time, lasting from 1 minute to 72 hours, and are accompanied by headache attacks.
Ways to prevent migraine.
1.Living a regular life
Maintain a healthy and regular lifestyle, work and rest in moderation, and get enough sleep.
2.Appropriate exercise
Physical exercise can improve the immunity of the body and reduce stress and tension, which can also reduce the frequency of headache.
3.Massage the head
Usually massage the head such as Baihui point, Sishencong, and solar plexus, or use your fingers to make a comb and comb your scalp.
4.Avoid various triggers of migraine
Avoid overexertion, stress, mental tension and coffee and alcoholic beverages to reduce the frequency of migraine attacks.
Tip: If the headache is severe, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination and treatment.