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Migraine Aura
Author(s) -
Rothrock John F.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01473.x
Subject(s) - aura , migraine , migraine with aura , medicine , psychology , psychiatry
Many people (including doctors) believe that what we term a “migraine” must involve an aura that is followed by one-sided throbbing, and severe headache with associated nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light and sound. In fact, although many of the approximately 30 million Americans afflicted by migraine do at times suffer such attacks, in only a few does their migraine always involve this particular array of symptoms. A migraine attack may consist of aura only and no headache whatsoever (more on this later), or it may be expressed as incapacitating head pain . . . or any degree of pain on the scale between these two extremes. In other words, we now believe that most – if not all – headaches suffered by a migraineur are “migraines” that result from the same underlying biologic processes.