People experience headaches as discomfort or pain in the head.  Migraines on the other hand can be severe and debilitating.  Symptoms include sensory disturbance, weakness, vomiting, nausea and severe pain.  People often experience vomiting followed by severe pain.

Migraines are caused by vascular changes.  Blood vessels supplying blood to the brain trigger the pain and causes for this phenomenon vary from person to person.  It is estimated that worldwide 10-15% of people suffer from this condition. 

There are a variety of drug based medicines on the market that have been developed to block the symptoms.  There are also natural remedies that can be used to alleviate migraine without any of the side effects associated with drug-based medicines. 

Here are some precautions and Home Remedies you can try as an alternative:

• Believe it or not if you feel a migraine coming on taking a caffeine based drink can help.  Caffeine naturally helps blood vessels to expand and minimize the causes of the migraine attack.  Keep caffeine based drinks to just a minimum normally.  Coffee and other stimulating drinks can often be a migraine triggers if taken too heavily.
• Keep yourself hydrated.
• Take a hot bath and apply a cold compress to your head to minimize the effects.
• Lie down in a darkened room to ease sensitivity to light and noise.
• Learn some basic facial massage techniques to ease tension in the face and head.  This can ease pain and increase blood circulation. 
• Soak feet in a warm foot bath as this again increases blood circulation and can prevent nausea.
• Feverfew is a well known migraine herbal remedy.  It releases mood enhancing hormones such as serotonin and can ease the pain of migraine.