Facts about migraine

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• Migraine headache is a complex recurrent headache that is one of the most
common complaints in medicine.
Derived from the Greek word “ hemikranios“ = half head
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Migraine is an extraordinarily prevalent neurological disease, affecting 1
billion people worldwide.
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Fifty percent of people with migraines don't realize they have them.
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more than 4 million people have chronic daily migraine, with at least 15
migraine days per month
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Migraine accounts for 64% of severe headaches in females and 43% of
severe headaches in males.
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Only 1 in 1,000 people get cluster headaches, but they happen to smokers
more often.
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Celebrities and historical figures with Migraine disease include, among
many:
President, and architect of the Declaration of Independence Thomas
Jefferson;
the great painters Vincent Van Gogh, George Seurat, and Claude Monet;
great authors Virginia Woolfe, Cervantes, and Lewis Carroll;
leaders such as Julius Caesar, Napoleon
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Even philosophers get headaches
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strange food cravings
mood swings
uncontrollable yawning
flashing lights
blind spots
numbness
the feeling of being grabbed
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12. Scintillating Scotoma

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14. Central Scotoma

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15. Multiple spotty scotoma

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16. Half visual field loss

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You Can Have a Migraine Without a
Headache
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A Drop in Your Stress Level Can Bring On
a Migraine
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Lightning and Migraine Can Strike
Together
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migraine hangover
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