MIGRAINE WITH AURA - this type of migraine is known as the classic sort.
An aura means that the migraine sufferer will experience a sensory warning sign about 10- 30 minutes before the headache actually sets in.
The usual signs are the feeling of nausea and/or an aversion to bright lights and loud noises.
You might see flashes of light before your eyes.
Dizziness could set in and you could feel nauseous and vomit.
You could get blurred vision and partial deafness.
Vision can be partly and temporarily lost while a feeling of numbness will take over the hands and arms.
This would feel like "pins and needles".
This numbness could affect the face as well.
Usually this numbness will be most acute in the lips and tongue.
Once the headache sets in these symptoms normally go away and the sufferer is left only with the acute headache.
Many regular sufferers just have a feeling that there is a migraine on the way.
It is usually a restless tired feeling.
There could be a mood swing as well that triggers a warning.
After experiencing the feeling many times they will know how to identify it.
A bright light that suddenly shines in your eyes, even if it is just for a split second, can trigger off an attack in some sufferers or a very loud noise.
This type of migraine is more severe than the one without aura.
MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA-this type of migraine is know as the common sort.
These headaches start without any warning symptoms.
They can start at any time of the day or night.
One minute you will be feeling fine and the next you will be experiencing the pain of an attack.
It could just start as a dull throbbing, which is bearable or it could crescendo into a more aggressive pain.
There are times when the sufferer experiences unbearable pain that prevents them from being able to do anything except lay still on the bed in a darkened room until the pain subsides.
Almost always the patient has partial blindness from the pain and any form of concentration is virtually impossible.
Noise of any kind makes the condition worse.
Usually this condition does not clear up until the patient has had a bout of vomiting.
This seems to relieve the pressure in the head.
The headache will then subside.
This will not be the case with every attack.
Some attacks will last longer than others.
They could last a few minutes or hours depending on the severity of the attack Some sufferers are left feeling weak and listless for days after an attack.
There could be a lack of concentration and a stiff neck.
If the symptoms are only visual and there are no other symptoms such as a headache consult an ophthalmologist in case the cause is an eye disease and not migraine.
You could then get this condition treated.