Что такое мигрень?

#migraineawareness2021 What is migraine? Migraine is a neurologic disease that has been identified as the leading cause of years lived with disability in people under the age of 50 years. It directly affects more than 1 billion people worldwide and the prevalence peaks between the ages of 35 and 39 years. It merits emphasis that migraine is more common in women, with a female-to-male ratio of 3:1. The two most common types of migraine are: migraine without aura and migraine with aura. Furthermore, a minority of people with migraine develop chronic migraine, in which attacks become highly frequent. Migraine without aura is characterized by recurrent headache attacks with a range of accompanying symptoms, such as nausea, light sensitivity, and sound sensitivity. A typical migraine attack lasts 4 to 72 hours. In about one-third of people with migraine, headache is sometimes or always preceded or accompanied by transient neurologic disturbances that last 5 to 60 minutes and are referred to as mig