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A migraine headache has intense, throbbing pain. The pain starts in the area around the eye, and then spreads to the temple and forehead. It generally affects only one side of the head, and occasionally, both sides. Usually, daily activities cannot be performed during a migraine attack; movement increases the pain, and rest relieves it.
Headache pain from migraine is often accompanied by symptoms such as:
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Lack of appetite
- Photophobia (sensitivity to light)
- Phonophobia (sensitivity to sounds)
- Chills
- Pallor
- Visual disturbances (e.g. blurring of the visual field).
Before the onset of an attack, other symptoms may occur, called prodrome symptoms. They include: irritability, fatigue, sleepiness, and mood changes.
A migraine attack may be preceded or accompanied by particular neurological symptoms that make up the so-called aura. In migraine with aura, headache attacks are preceded by disturbances that affect vision, such as brightly colored or blinking lights, partial loss of vision, dimming or blurring of the vision.
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