Migraine headache

The term "migraine" refers to a syndrome of vascular spasms of the cranial blood vessels. Symptoms of a migraine attack may include heightened sensitivity to light and sound, nausea, auras (temporary visual abnormalities), and intense pain predominantly on one side of the head.
Review Date: 12/20/2010
Reviewed By: DaHarvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of
Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General
Hospital.

