Also known as Migraine Headaches and Migraine Syndrome
Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent moderate to severe headaches often in association with a number of autonomic nervous system symptoms. The word derives from the Greek ἡμικρανία (hemikrania), "pain on one side of the head", from ἡμι- (hemi-), "half", and κρανίον (kranion), "skull".Source: Wikipedia
Within all the people who go to their doctor with migraine, 90% report having headache, 46% report having nausea, and 39% report having vomiting. The symptoms that are highly suggestive of migraine are headache, although you may still have migraine without those symptoms.
Patients with migraine often receive intravenous fluid replacement, x-ray computed tomography, cat scan of head, magnetic resonance imaging, other diagnostic procedures (interview; evaluation; consultation), electroencephalogram (eeg), other diagnostic nervous system procedures and other or rx procedures on respiratory system and mediastinum .
|Intravenous fluid replacement|
|X-ray computed tomography (Scan ct)|
|CAT scan of head (Head ct)|
|Magnetic resonance imaging (Mri)||$297|
|Other diagnostic procedures (interview; evaluation; consultation)||$101|
|Electroencephalogram (EEG) (Eeg)||$117|
|Other diagnostic nervous system procedures||$83|
|Other OR Rx procedures on respiratory system and mediastinum||$962|
The most commonly prescribed drugs for patients with migraine include sumatriptan (imitrex), topiramate (topamax), prochlorperazine (compro), rizatriptan (maxalt), acetaminophen / butalbital / caffeine, nalbuphine (nubain), propranolol, eletriptan (relpax), midrin, zolmitriptan (zomig), nortriptyline, naproxen / sumatriptan and butorphanol (stadol) .
Groups of people at highest risk for migraine include age 30-44 years. On the other hand, age 1-4 years and age < 1 years almost never get migraine.