US Medical Term · conditions
Migraine Disorder
Trastorno de Migraña
Also: Migraña (regional variant)
In 9 languages
| Language | Term |
|---|---|
| English | Migraine Disorder |
| Spanish (Español) | Trastorno de Migraña |
| Chinese (中文) | 偏頭痛症 |
| Korean (한국어) | 편두통 장애 |
| Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) | Rối loạn đau nửa đầu |
| Filipino (Tagalog) | Migraine Disorder |
| Portuguese (Português) | Transtorno de Enxaqueca |
| Thai (ภาษาไทย) | โรคไมเกรน |
| Japanese (日本語) | 片頭痛 |
What it means
Migraine is a neurological condition causing intense, often one-sided throbbing headaches that can last from hours to days. It commonly includes nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. Some people experience an aura—visual disturbances, numbness, or speech changes—before the headache begins. Migraines can be triggered by stress, hormonal changes, certain foods, sleep disruption, or bright lights. They are significantly more common in women. Treatment includes acute medications to stop attacks and preventive medications or lifestyle changes to reduce their frequency and severity.
How to say it
Sentences a patient might use with a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or insurer:
I have chronic migraines that happen more than fifteen days a month.
Tengo migrañas crónicas que ocurren más de quince días al mes.
My migraines start with visual aura and then severe one-sided head pain.
Mis migrañas comienzan con aura visual y luego dolor intenso en un lado de la cabeza.
The acute medication is not controlling my migraines anymore.
El medicamento agudo ya no controla mis migrañas.
Where you'll see it
Related ICD-10-CM category
G43 MigraineRelated terms
Sources
Last reviewed: September 2026