Headache
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Migraine is an episodic headache disorder associated with various combinations of neurologic, gastrointestinal, and autonomic symptoms. Gastrointestinal disturbances including nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, or diarrhea are almost universal. Sensory hyperexcitability manifested by photophobia, phonophobia, and osmophobia are frequently experienced. ⋯ The most important features of a migraine medication were rapid and effective relief of headache pain, decreasing the likelihood of headache recurrence, and not causing nausea. Many migraine patients suffer needlessly because their nausea and vomiting are both unreported to, and unrecognized by physicians. The presence of these symptoms is crucial to diagnose migraine not accompanied by aura.