| What are vascular headaches? | | | | Feeling tired |
| Vascular headaches are any that are thought to be | | | | Retaining fluid and feeling bloated |
| cause because of the blood vessels in the brain | | | | Diarrhea and urination more than usual |
| working abnormally. Migraines are a type of vascular | | | | Feeling sick and/or being sick |
| headache. | | | | A common migraine may last for three or four days |
| What are migraines? | | | | and can be completely debilitating. |
| These are the most common sort of vascular | | | | Are these the only two types of migraine? |
| headache. They usually involve the following: | | | | No, there are others, including: |
| A severe pain on one side or both sides of the skull | | | | Hormonal migraines such as premenstrual migraine, |
| Feeling sick and/or being sick | | | | menstrual migraine, pregnancy migraines and |
| Being very sensitive to light and/or noise | | | | menopausal migraines. All are thought to be caused by |
| Vision disturbances | | | | fluctuations in hormone levels. |
| The most common types of migraine are called | | | | Ophthalmoplegic migraine, where symptoms affect |
| 'classic' and 'common' | | | | they eye, causing pain, a drooping eyelid, seeing double |
| Classic Migraine | | | | and other problems with vision. |
| This is a migraine that can give a warning sign to the | | | | Basilar Artery migraine which involves the disturbance |
| sufferer in the form of an aura, up to half an hour | | | | of a major artery in the brain. This is most common in |
| before an attack begins. | | | | teen and young adult women. It is often linked to the |
| The person may see dazzling lights or zig-zagging lines. | | | | menstrual cycle. Symptoms may include vertigo, double |
| Other symptoms of classic migraine may include: | | | | vision and poor co-ordination. |
| Having difficulty speaking | | | | Benign exertional headache which is triggered by |
| Feeling weakness in an arm or leg | | | | exercise, coughing, sneezing, bending over or sex. The |
| Feeling a tingling sensation in the face or hands | | | | pain usually only lasts for several minutes. |
| Feeling confused | | | | Headache-free migraine where the sufferer has all the |
| The pain of a classic migraine headache may feel like | | | | other symptoms of a migraine but no headache. |
| a severe pounding or throbbing. This may be in the | | | | What other vascular headaches are there? |
| front of the head, in the temple area, around the ear, | | | | After migraines, the most common vascular headache |
| jaw or eye. The pain may start on one side of the | | | | is called a toxic headache. These are often triggered |
| head but may commonly spread to the other side too | | | | by the high fevers that can accompany illnesses like |
| as the migraine continues. | | | | measles, mumps, tonsillitis and pneumonia. It can also |
| Common Migraine | | | | be brought on by alien chemicals in the body which is |
| This is not usually heralded by an aura although the | | | | why it is called toxic. |
| person may feel a variety of sensation before it | | | | Other vascular headaches are cluster headaches and |
| begins. These may include: | | | | those brought on by blood pressure rising. As always |
| Feeling fuzzy and unable to think clearly | | | | consult your doctor for the proper treatment for your |
| Having mood swings | | | | particular type of headache. |