Some medical terms are used casually by the layperson — and often incorrectly. One example is narcolepsy, one of whose symptoms is Excessive Daytime Sleepiness. Many people are just very tired when they described themselves as having narcolepsy. A much more serious condition is faced by true narcoleptics.But I’ve heard radio advertising campaigns in which the radio commercials refer to someone who is “so tired they must be narcoleptic.”

 

Another example is the migraine headache. Many people think a migraine headache is the same as a “bad” headache. They are mistaken.

 

A migraine is a splitting headache that just seems to set in apparently due to no reason at all. The reasons for a migraine are mainly vascular. That is, the blood vessels that supply blood to the brain undergo certain changes that trigger pain. Of course, the causes for the changes in the blood vessels may vary from person to person but this is generally how it starts.

 

Migraines affect 10 to 15 percent of the global population. For some reason, migraines usually start in adolescence or even earlier, in childhood. It’s most common among young adults and middle-aged people.

 

Migraines have a strong impact on the quality of a person’s life. they affect not only the person but also the lives of those who move in close contact with the person. Migraine attacks can some times be so severe that person may have to abandon his or her routine activities for three or four days at a stretch.

 

Once the pain of a migraine sets in, it is sheer agony. It’s like having one side of your head ripped off.

 

Migraines are transient; that the pain will go away after some time. Sleeping soundly for a few hours usually lessens the pain. But, unfortunately, migraines recur.

 

Many sufferers have a family history of migraine. But the exact hereditary nature of this condition is not known. People who get migraines are thought to have an inherited abnormality in the regulation of blood vessels.

 

So the next time you have a bad headache, take a pain killer. Complain about it, if you wish. But if it’s “just” a bad headache, don’t call it a migraine.

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