Reports say that about 14 million people the U.S or approximately 1 in 19 people(5.15%) suffer from migraine which is not diagnosed.

Migraine is a neurological syndrome characterized by painful headache together with nausea and a heightened sensitivity to light and noise.

Some people get a preceding aura in which the patient feels a strange light or unpleasant smell, triggers which may precipitate migraine or stress of menstruation. For children, abdominal pain may be predominant.

The different types of migraine are basilar type migraine, familial hemiplegic migraine, abdominal migraine, acephalgic migraine and menstrual migraine.

The exact cause of migraine is yet to be ascertained but the widespread theory is that migraine is caused by disorder of serotonergic control system and the aura is due to spreading cortical depression due to increased blood flow.

Migraine attacks could be triggered by allergic reactions, bright light, noise, emotional stress, a change in sleeping patterns, smoking, alcohol, tension headaches and certain foods.

Migraine can be treated by diet restrictions, reduce large amount of caffeine or red wine and dairy products, change in life style, less salt intake and reduced stress.

Medicines such as analgesics and it's combinations, gastric motility agent to reduce vomiting and tolfenamic acid which is a anti-inflammatory non-steroidal drug are suggested for migraine. However, only a combined treatment and prevention approach can help the patients.

Migraine affects women more than men and about 21 million women in USA suffer from migraine. 60% out of them suffer from menstrual migraines.

Ben Affleck(actor), Fredrik Ljungberg(Footballer) Julius Caesar, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte anf Thomas Jefferson are only some of the famous people who have suffered from migraine.