Based on established facts and reviews regarding the causes and predisposing factors of migraine headache as a common disease phenomenon for female aged groups, migraine headache has been notes as one of the leading neurological ailment that may greatly affect the majority of the world's population. Although the particular neurological health condition is very much widespread to transpire in the population, still there are several variations when it comes to its causes as well as to the signs and symptoms being experienced by the individual going through migraines. According to sources, there is a wide variation on the possible causes of the incidence and occurrence of migraine headaches since even a simple change of weather can trigger the attack in some individuals. But for most people who have been experiencing on and off cycles of migraine headache, most of the reviews talks about the warning signs prior to the occurrence of the actual migraine headache. The signs include alterations in the individuals' hearing perception, sudden irritability to bright lights and sensitivity to sounds. Some may experience feeling of nausea and dizziness accompanied by vision alterations such as blurring or episode of white spots in one or both eyes; there is also loss of side vision also known as the peripheral vision.
The mentioned signs will likely occur 15 to 30 minutes prior to the attack of the severe headache caused by the migraine, so it is very much advisable for the individuals having this certain signs to immediately take pain relievers to alleviate the attack. In view of the fact that in most cases upon the taking any pain during the actual attack will not be of good help to the individual. Why? Because since the brains cortex is already affected the response to medication is greatly altered, in that case taking pain medication while the headache took place will not be effective. So it is better to take pain medications when the aura signs come up, this is done to prevent severe headache for the individual since it may greatly interfere with one's functioning and performance of the routine daily activity. On the other hand, there is what they call as the common headache where warning signs do not occur unlike that of the classic migraines. In this type the individual will most commonly experienced sudden offset of headache that is aggravated by the performance of routine activities; the headache may only affect one side of the head or even both.
The incident of visual alterations like blurring and seeing white spots may also take place, irritability, mood changes on the part of the individual since pain is being aggravated by movement or any other activities. Pain sensation on the neck, nape area, forehead and temporal area of the head will also likely to occur in most cases accompanied by vomiting and feeling of dizziness. The attack of migraines may last from 4 to 72 hours, and it may occur in regular intervals from thrice a week up to 60 times per month that may affect the person's daily routine and work. Taking pain medications such as Tylenol and in severe cases narcotics which requires prescription has been of great help for individuals who's enduring the pain of migraines at a regular basis.