Have you ever experienced a migraine? If you have, you are aware of how painful one can be; if not, chances are someone you know has.

Migraine is usually compared with headaches, but there is actually a difference between these two. When you have pain on one side of your brain, it is a migraine and when your entire head pains it is a headache. 

Migraine attacks are often accompanied by nausea, dizziness, numbness, and disturbed vision. Often, a migraine headache starts out as dull discomfort before developing into throbbing pain. Migraines are extremely painful headaches that also induce vision alterations, sensitivity to light and sound, and occasionally upset the stomach.

However, migraines can significantly reduce a person's quality of life by making them scared of upcoming attacks and causing them to miss work days. Because they feel trouble focusing and may be unable to speak or function properly for hours after an attack. 

Duration of Migraine

Migraine attacks can strike suddenly and without warning or they can be brought on by specific known triggers, such as skipping meals, being around smoke or air pollution, or going through a menstrual cycle that causes a change in hormone levels. The average migraine attack lasts between four and seventy-two hours, and some migraine attacks may continue for much longer than 72 hours.

Each person experiences attacks at a different frequency. Some people have migraines multiple times per month, while others only get them occasionally.

Do you want to know how it happens?

The brain's nerves get signals from hyperactive nerve cells, which then produce chemicals like serotonin and peptides related to the calcitonin gene, which cause the blood vessels in the brain to enlarge. Neurotransmitters then contribute to pain and inflammation. Since migraines can further affect our body and quality of life, we must address our deficiencies and lifestyle.

Let’s see how.

Comparison of the symptoms between migraine and headache-

Headache signs and symptoms: 

• Pain around the forehead 
• Mild pain
• Incidental pain 
• Pain is short-lived

Migraine signs and symptoms: 

• Pain on the sides of the head
• Intense, pulsing, and throbbing pain
• It is recurring & can last for days
• Nausea and dizziness
• Ringing in ears
• Loss of appetite
• Eye discomfort along with headache on one side
• Numbness or tingling on one side of your head and eyes.
• Light flashes and blind spots