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Until the 1988 classification of headaches by the International Headache Society, the various headache disorders were poorly defined, and migraine and tension-type headache were often viewed as part of a continuum.¹ When the society's strict diagnostic criteria were applied to a general population, however, these were shown to be two distinct disorders.² There are two main types of migraine.¹ The first, migraine without aura (previously called common migraine), is characterized by headache attacks lasting 4 to 72 hours. The headache is usually severe, unilateral, pulsating, aggravated by physical activity, and accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia (hypersensitivity to light), and phonophobia . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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