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How Do You Know It's a Migraine?


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"In order to call something a migraine it has to meet certain criteria" (:37)
Susan Broner, MD, a headache specialist, explains the signs and symptoms of a migraine.

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Migraines, one of the most debilitating types of headache, have to have “two out of four pain characteristics,” says Susan Broner, MD, a neurologist at the Headache Institute at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City. In this video, Dr. Broner explains how to tell if your headache is a migraine.