Migraine and its treatment

A headache colloquially known as a headache is a local pain felt in the skull or sometimes in the neck. This pain can be lateral often unilateral or diffuse and generalised. It manifests itself in a wide variety of ways with sensations of oppression or compression hammering sinking burning tingling and tingling. The migraine generally lasts between 4 and 72 hours depending on its severity; symptoms include nausea vomiting photophobia (great sensitivity to light) phonophobia (great sensitivity to sound); symptoms generally worsen with physical activity. Approximately one-third of individuals with migraine experience an aura. A distinction is made between non-specific and specific treatments for the treatment of the attack. Non-specific treatments relieve headaches (symptoms of migraine). Specific treatments inhibit the vasodilatation that is supposed to be at the origin of the migraine.