Migraine is a chronically recurring neurological disease.
Due to the pathology, the patient complains of pulsating, exploding, acute pain in one or both areas of the head. In a large percentage of clinical cases, headache is accompanied by vomiting, nausea, increased sensitivity to sound and light.
There are several types of migraine and each form has corresponding symptoms, let's consider them in detail.
Migraine with aura
This is a kind of warning condition.
Aura, as a kind of flash of light, flickering light, disturbance of smell. During a migraine with aura, the patient has tingling in one side of the face or arm, it is difficult to speak adequately.
Migraine without aura
It is the most common type of migraine - in this form, the patient does not have an aura, that is, a warning symptom, a sign that an attack is about to begin.
Chronic migraine
Migraine is chronic when the headache occurs more than 15 days per month.
Migraine with brainstem aura
This form of migraine builds up over time and appears immediately after or before a typical migraine headache.
Vestibular migraine
At this time, along with common symptoms of migraine, a person suffers from the problem of maintaining balance, dizziness.
Abdominal migraine
Abdominal migraine is a common form and occurs in 4 out of every 100 children, and sometimes occurs in adults.
During this type of migraine, children complain of the following symptoms:
- A regular attack of abdominal pain (of moderate to severe intensity) lasting 2 to 72 hours;
- General weakness and vomiting during an attack episode;
- During the attack, the patient does not suffer from headache;
- The person feels well between attack episodes.
Abdominal migraine is an idiopathic disorder, that is, the exact causes are unknown to modern medicine.
Hemiplegic migraine
The word hemiplegia is paralysis of one part of the body. In hemiplegic migraine, the patient complains of temporary weakness in one part of the body and this symptom is part of the migraine attack. This weakness is accompanied by aura symptoms.
Based on experience, people describe the attack as a terrifying experience because the symptoms are very similar to the main signs of a stroke.
Menstrual migraine
Menstrual migraine is a condition that occurs during the cycle.
This form of migraine is more severe and less amenable to treatment.
There is a connection between migraines and a decrease in the level of the hormone estrogen.
Source:
https://migrainetrust.org/understand-migraine/types-of-migraine/
