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Basically it's called as migraine. Avoid precipitating factors like tension, stress, direct sunlight exposure, smoking, excessive work load as literally any thing can precipitate migraine. In case of acute pain take tablet brufen twice daily with tablet rantac empty stomach for 3 days. If associated vomiting use tablet emset sos basis. If symptoms persist even after taking medicine take rizatriptan sos only once in 24 hrs period not more than that. To reduce the frequency and duration of pain ta...more

Hello, First we shd be sure of diagnosis if it is hemiplegic migraine and not anything else. I think other causes must have been ruled out in your case like TIA Siezures..if you have completely reversible symptoms of paralysis which gets normal within one hour and usually followed by migraine like headache with normal MRI EEG etc it is hemiplegic migraine.
the treatment is similar to usual migraine with aura . prophylaxis with medicines valproate topiramate can be tried.. these medicines are...more

Headaches can recur based on certain reasons. Migraine headaches can respond very well initially, but over time, some changes take place in the nerves, which is called Central pain sensitization of the Trigeminovascular network. That may be a big term, but what it means is that headache beget more headaches. In the process of headache attacks, blood vessels play an important role, and some drugs act by modifying the changes in the blood vessels. Specifically, these drugs are called Triptans, and...more

When you feel pain or pressure in your head, it may become difficult for you to assess whether you are experiencing a common headache or a migraine. Let's understand how different they are from each other.

A typical headache usually affects both sides of your head and varies from a mild to moderate pain. It can last from 30 minutes to up to a period of one week.

Some specific areas which get affected by a headache are:

Temples
Forehead
Back of your neckmore

How to differentiate between a migraine and headache?

When you feel pain or pressure in your head, it may become difficult for you to assess whether you are experiencing a common headache or a migraine. Let's understand how different they are from each other. A typical headache usually affects both sides of your head and varies from a mild to moderate pain. It can last from 30 minutes to up to a period of one week.

Some specific areas which get affected by a headache are:
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'Tension type headache' is the most common type of headache experienced by most of us in our life.

How to differentiate between a Migraine and Tension-type Headache?

When you feel pain or pressure in your head, it may become difficult for you to assess whether you are experiencing a tension-type headache or a migraine. Let's understand how different they are from each other.

A typical tension-type headache usually affects both sides of your head and varies from a mild ...more

Migraine vs. Headache: know the difference

How to differentiate between a migraine and headache?

When you feel pain or pressure in your head, it may become difficult for you to assess whether you are experiencing a common headache or a migraine. Let's understand how different they are from each other.

A typical headache usually affects both sides of your head and varies from a mild to moderate pain. It can last from 30 minutes to up to a period of one week.

So...more