A migraine is often a moderate or intense headache felt as a throbbing pain on one side of the head.

Many people additionally have signs and symptoms including nausea, vomiting and elevated sensitivity to light or sound.

Migraine is a not unusual health condition, affecting around one in every 5 ladies and around one in every 15 men. They generally begin in early adulthood.

There are numerous forms of migraine, such as:

• Migraine with aura – in which there are particular warning signs just before the migraine starts, which include seeing flashing lights.

• Migraine with out aura – the most common kind, where the migraine takes place without the specific warning signs.

• Migraine aura without headache, additionally referred to as silent migraine – in which an aura or other migraine signs are experienced, but a headache would not develop.

A few people have migraines regularly, as much as several times a week. Other people only have a migraine every now and then. It is possible for years to pass between migraine attacks.