A migraine is not merely a headache, it's actually a neurological disease. People may be surprised to learn that there are different types of migraines. The American Migraine Foundation says migraines are typically classified as one of these types.
•Migraine with aura (complicated migraine): This is a migraine characterized by a series of sensory and visual changes. Aura generally sets in shortly before or during a migraine.
•Migraine without aura (common migraine): This type of migraine can be challenging to diagnose because symptoms are similar to other types of migraines. However, pulsing or throbbing pain on one side of the head, photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, and vomiting are all classic symptoms of migraine without aura. This type of migraine also lacks the warning phases of other types of migraines.
•Silent migraine: A silent migraine has the same symptoms of migraine with aura but no head pain. Silent migraines also are called acephalgic migraines or typical aura without headache.
•Hemiplegic migraine: People who experience this type of migraine usually have weakness on one side of the body with visual aura symptoms. A 'pins and needles' sensation or loss of sensation on one side of the body also can occur. This migraine also doesn't always include severe head pain.
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