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Is my headache a migraine?

A little less than half of all migraine sufferers do not even realize that the headaches they experience are,
in fact, migraines. They assume that their headaches are either “sinus headaches” or “tension headaches.”
Yet we know that there are over 28 million Americans with migraine headaches. Are you one of them?
Take the following quiz to find out.
(To be sure it's a migraine, have a physician evaluate you.)

Excerpted from The Woman's Migraine Survival Guide

Answer " true" or "false" to the following questions:
1. My headaches are severe and pounding. True False
2. I often feel nauseous during a headache attack. True False
3. The headaches come before or during my period. True False
4. My mother or my sister (or daughter or father) has the same kind of headaches. True False
5. I have missed work or important events because of my headaches, True False
6. I can't stand any light or noise when I have a bad headache. True False
7. Moving around too much or bending over can make the pain worse. True False
8. The pain is often on one side of my head. True False
9. Tylenol or aspirin doesn't help much (or not at all). True False
10. My headache can last from about five hours to several days. True False


If you answered "true" to more than three of these questions, you may indeed be suffering from migraines. If you answered "true" to six or more, then you probably do have migraines. Have your doctor make the final analysis.

If you think you may be experiencing migraines, it will help a lot to understand precisely what a migraine is.
You know it's an intense headache. But what else is involved?

     
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