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How Are Migraines Diagnosed?

How Are Migraines Diagnosed? (0:35)

There are no medical tests for migraines. In this video, Mark Green, MD, director of the Center for Headache and Pain Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, explains how doctors diagnose the condition.

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Migraines are diagnosed based on history. There's no test for migraines certainly no test that we do in the office, so it's based on history and the normal neurological examination. It's an extensive exam, it takes about a half hour to do. It looks at all kinds of functions of the brain.

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