Common migraine is not. Migraine headaches affect about 6 out of 100 people. They are a common type of chronic headache. Migraines most commonly occur in women and usually begin between the ages of 10 and 46. They appear to run in families in some cases.
Classical migraine accounts for about one-sixth of all migraines.
In people who tend to have migraines, preventive medications may reduce the number of incidences of headache . Avoid factors that have triggered a migraine in the past. See the Treatment section. This may include visual phenomena like zig zag patterns in a visual field. There may also be numbness or weakness on one side of the body that marches up the arm, leg or face over the course of minutes.