For someone who has never experienced a migraine headache, it's difficult to understand the intense, debilitating pain and other symptoms.
Severe migraine can affect a person's ability to function or work.
Even when the pain goes away, patients often feel weak and exhausted for a few days after the attack. There is no medical test to diagnose a migraine. 26 million Americans suffer from migraines. Some get two or three a year, others two or three a week. Men and children get migraines, but the condition is more common in adult women.