~ MIGRAINE   id+ | HALF of the HEAD HEADACHE |
             med> or VASCULAR HEADACHE
     from gr HEMIKRANIA related to
     CONSTRICTION OF CRANIAL ARTERIES
     often FAMILIAL
     CAUSING A COMPEX OF SYMPTOMS
     UNILATERAL IN ONSET
     PAIN IS MOSTLY IN TEMPORAL REGION
     ASSOCIATED WITH NAUSEA VOMITING DIARRHEA
     PHOTOPHOBIA
     VASODILATION FOLLOWS
     CLASSIC CLINICAL FORM IS PRECEDED BY
     AURA MOSTLY TEICHOPSIA or SENSATION OF
     AN ILLUMINATED WALL LIKE VISION
     BEFORE THE EYES
     see> MIGRANT   sug> IMMIGRANT

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