Migraine Headaches Migraine had been with us for a long time. As medical science progressed, doctors began to prescribe treatments such as placing hot irons on painful spots, cutting a patient's temple and rubbing garlic on the wound and even wrapping an electric eel around a sufferer's head. Fortunately, such 'solutions' are no longer in vogue. Migraine headaches are truly debilitating disease.
Sufferers can be out of commission for days at a time, often when they can least afford to be.
Only one side of the head is affected. You experience stomach distress possibly with nausea and vomiting along with the headache. Someone in your immediate family also suffers from migraines. Twenty four million Americans suffer regularly from migraine headaches. Migraine affects three times as many women as men.