What is status migrainosus?

Migraine is a neural condition characterized by recurrent vascular headache and may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and photophobia, sometimes preceded by sensory disturbances (aura). Status migrainosus is a migraine lasting for more than 72 hours.

How do members experience status migrainosus?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with status migrainosus*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for status migrainosus*

Who has status migrainosus on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 5
30s 9
40s 29
50s 41
60s 23
70+ 6

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 11
Female 99