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Hi, I'm Sherry. Migraines for 15 yrs & now - curly hair

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Aug 24, 2021 | Replies (13)
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@amandajro

Hello @nanny1950 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I can see you have had a few members reach out and respond to you already with regard to your post.

Out of curiosity, I did a quick search and found the following article that you may find of interest. In it, it talks about autonomic symptoms of a headache and differences between migraines and cluster headaches.

- Autonomic Symptoms in Headaches:
https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/autonomic-symptoms-in-headache/
Have you been formally diagnosed with migraines?

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nanny1950 | @nanny1950 | Aug 22, 2021

Hi, Amada,
Yes, I have been diagnosed with chronic migraines with aura. Thank you for referencing this article. I found it very interesting because I have some of the autonomic symptoms (runny nose and head sweeting), but totally unrelated to my migraines. Mine are related to physical activity. Just ordinary housework like vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom, cooking, etc, will cause my head, especially the back of my neck, to start sweating and my nose to run. I have to take a box of tissues with me when I go outside to work in the yard.
But I also have the eye and facial swelling during migraines, only on my right side. I have never had a migraine on the left side, always the right.
Sherry

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