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What is the definition or description of: migraine headaches?

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Dr. Amrita Dosanjh
Pediatric Allergy and Asthma 38 years experience
Definitions: The guidelines for diagnosing migraine headaches are available online:https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Migraine-Information-Page For more information please see Healthtap guidelines and schedule a virtual consult.
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A 29-year-old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: migraine?

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Dr. Prem Gupta
neurology 50 years experience
Headache: A head pain which is usually recurrent, and often in variable locations and severity, associated with few or all the following symptoms; fear of light, fear of sound, nausea, vomiting, bright or dark spots floating in front of eyes, tingling and numbness of one side of face or body. All these are temporary symptoms.
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