Earlier this week, Gov. David Paterson of New York
admitted himself to a hospital with "migraine-like" symptoms. On Tuesday afternoon
he was diagnosed with acute glaucoma.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 15 percent of adults interviewed said they had experienced a migraine in the past three months. Adults ages 18 to 44 were almost three times as likely as adults 65 and older to report migraines or severe headaches.
According to the CDC, there is no known cause, long-term treatment or cure for migraines, and there are various kinds.
The CDC says:
Chronic migraine headaches are classified either as "common'' or "classical.'' Manifestations of the common migraine headache include nausea, dizziness, fever, and general malaise. The classical migraine headache is most noted for an aura that immediately precedes the headache. In addition, the classical migraine headache is characterized by a relatively short duration (less than or equal to 12 hours) compared with the common migraine headache (up to 4 days).
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (run by the
National Institutes of Health)
offers information about migraines.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) coordinates much of America's research into migraines
and makes the results of this research available to the public. Another good resource is
migraine.org.
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