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Headache vs migraine, what is the difference?

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Dr. Paul Grin answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Big difference: Although recurrent headaches are the mainstay of migraine, a migraine is not just simply a headache. Rather, it should be viewed as an attack that is accompanied by various neurological and non-neurological features as well as headache.A migrainous attack can be divided into four separate phases: the prodrome, the aura, the headache itself and the postdrome.("washed-out" feeling..

Answered 3/29/2014

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