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    Migraine (UK: /ˈmiːɡreɪn/, US: /ˈmaɪ-/) is a genetically influenced complex neurological disorder characterized by episodes of moderate-to-severe headache...
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    Retinal migraine is a retinal disease often accompanied by migraine headache and typically affects only one eye. It is caused by ischaemia or vascular...
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    Hemiplegic migraine is a type of migraine headache characterized by motor weakness affecting only one side of the body, accompanied by aura. There is often...
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    is the symptom of pain in the face, head, or neck. It can occur as a migraine, tension-type headache, or cluster headache. There is an increased risk...
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    disturbance experienced by some with epilepsy or migraine. An epileptic aura is a seizure. Epileptic and migraine auras are due to the involvement of specific...
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  • Acephalgic migraine (also called migraine aura without headache, amigrainous migraine, isolated visual migraine, and optical migraine) is a neurological...
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  • Vestibular migraine (VM) is vertigo with migraine, either as a symptom of migraine or as a related neurological disorder. A 2010 report from the University...
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    it may precede a migraine headache, but can also occur acephalgically (without headache), also known as visual migraine or migraine aura. It is often...
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  • Abdominal migraine (AM) is a functional disorder that usually manifests in childhood and adolescence, without a clear pathologic mechanism or biochemical...
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  • "Migraine" is a Tagalog-language song written by Herbert Hernandez for the Filipino rock band Moonstar88, with Maychelle Baay in the lead vocals. It was...
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    causes include stroke, brain tumors, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, migraines, trauma, and uneven pressures between the middle ears. Physiologic vertigo...
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  • Look up migraine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Migraine is a debilitating condition characterized by headaches and nausea. Migraine may also refer...
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  • Migraine treatment may be either prophylactic (preventive) or abortive (rescue) or acute. Prevention is better than cure, so the ideal treatment goal is...
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    syndrome is currently not known, but it has often been associated with migraines, head trauma, or viral encephalitis caused by Epstein–Barr virus infection...
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    brand name Compazine among others, is a medication used to treat nausea, migraines, schizophrenia, psychosis and anxiety. It is a less preferred medication...
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    Triptan (category Migraine)
    tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraines and cluster headaches. This drug class was first commercially introduced...
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    the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults and the prophylactic/ preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults. It is taken...
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  • Migraine is often hereditary. It is estimated that 60% of migraine cases are caused by genetics. The role of natural selection in the development of migraines...
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    Photopsia (category Migraine)
    associated with: posterior vitreous detachment migraine aura (ocular migraine / retinal migraine) migraine aura without headache scintillating scotoma retinal...
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  • prevention of migraine. Eptinezumab (ALD403) is approved for prevention of migraine. Fremanezumab (TEV-48125) is approved for prevention of migraine. Galcanezumab...
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    under the brand name Imitrex among others, is a medication used to treat migraine headaches and cluster headaches. It is taken orally, intranasally, or by...
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  • Migraine surgery is a surgical operation undertaken with the goal of reducing or preventing migraines. Migraine surgery most often refers to surgical...
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    Visual snow syndrome (category Migraine)
    presumed connected to these visual disturbances, is a common comorbidity. Migraines and tinnitus are common comorbidities that are both associated with a...
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    neuronal death in energy-compromised tissue. CSD has also been implicated in migraine aura, where CSD is assumed to ascend in well-nourished tissue and is typically...
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  • Menstrual migraine (also called catamenial migraine) is the term used to describe both true menstrual migraines and menstrually related migraines. About...
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    of migraine. Sporadic hemiplegic migraine (SHM) has clinical symptoms identical to familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) and distinct from migraine with...
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    piercing to heal. Some people believe that daith piercings can cure chronic migraines and anxiety in people. However, there is no evidence for this claim and...
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    treat corneal thinning, and taken orally, may reduce the incidence of migraine headaches in adults. Riboflavin deficiency is rare and is usually accompanied...
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    triptan drug marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and is used for the treatment of migraine headaches. It is a selective 5-HT1 receptor subtype agonist. It was patented...
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    of migraine with or without aura (a sensory phenomenon or visual disturbance) in adults. It is not indicated for the preventive treatment of migraine. Ubrogepant...
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