She had a severe migraine.
The spelling "migraine" is correct (a chronic, painful headache).
A migraine is a severe headache.
A severe headache is a migraine.
Migraine (or) Migraine Headache
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I took Clarithromycin for the flu and I had a severe migraine the whole week. Was it caused by the flu or by the medication?
Migraines are caused by constriction of blood vessels in the brain. There are medical tests like MRI or dye specfic cat scans that look for this. However most migraine sufferers are diagnosed by symptoms, ie pain on one side of head, visual sensitivity(esp to light), nausea. A severe headache may not be a migraine, but is certainly painful, and many of the same treatments apply.
Like diabetes, glaucoma, migraine is not totally curable.With proper medication, the extent of migraine related severe headaches can be minimized. The complexity of migraine can be gauged from the fact that it is related with both brain and eyes.
Migraine triggers are very individual. It is very possible that just the smell of cinnamon can be a trigger for some people.
A pain in the head is a headache. A severe form is a migraine headache.
Eighty percent of migraine sufferers experience "migraine without aura" (common migraine). In "migraine with aura," or classic migraine, the pain is preceded or accompanied by visual or other sensory disturbances, including hallucinations