Facts about migraine

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

Migraine is an extraordinarily prevalent neurological disease, affecting 1 billion people worldwide.

Fifty percent of people with migraines don't realize they have them.

more than 4 million people have chronic daily migraine, with at least 15 migraine days per month
suicide attempts
depression
anxiety
sleep disturbances

Migraine accounts for 64% of severe headaches in females and 43% of severe headaches in males.

Only 1 in 1,000 people get cluster headaches, but they happen to smokers more often.

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

Even philosophers get headaches

strange food cravings
mood swings
uncontrollable yawning
flashing lights
blind spots
numbness
the feeling of being grabbed
You can predict a migraine

Scintillating Scotoma

Central Scotoma

Multiple spotty scotoma

Half visual field loss

You Can Have a Migraine Without a Headache

A Drop in Your Stress Level Can Bring On a Migraine

Lightning and Migraine Can Strike Together

migraine hangover
fatigue
irritability
fuzzy thinking
sore muscles

Medication overuse is the most common reason why episodic migraine turns chronic

BOTOX CAN TREAT MIGRAINES