Migraine

But Where Does a Migraine Come From?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A longstanding theory holds that blood vessels in the scalp and on the brain's surface constrict. This reduces the brain's oxygen supply to produce the aura some patients have. The same vessels, reacting to the brain's need for oxygen, open up, or dilate

Migraine, Cluster and Tension: Headache Misery May Yield to Treatment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Migraine is only one of 12 headache types (with more than 60 sub-types) classified in 1988 by the International Headache Society for use in diagnosis. Migraine, cluster, and tension-type headaches are the main varieties.

Coping with Migraine: More Than a Headache
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Migraine is a physical illness, and people who have it are called migraineurs by health care professionals. Although headache is the most recognized symptom of migraine, nausea, vomiting, distorted vision, and sensitivity to light and sound

Coping with Migraine Pain
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Migraine sufferers can beat the pain if they avoid triggers, heed early warning symptoms, and, with the help of a health professional, find effective drug treatment, including the first nonprescription drug for migraines, recently approved by FDA.

Treating Migraine
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Nearly 30 million people in the United States have migraine headaches. The recent American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study, the largest-ever study of migraine sufferers, found that 18 percent of women and 6 percent of men have this disease.