A 41-year-old female patient has called 911 for a headache. Which of these assessment findings should make the EMT suspicious that the patient has a migraine headache?

A) Bright light increases the patient's discomfort
B) The pain was preceded by an aura
C) Her blood pressure is 192/124 mmHg
D) She rates the pain as an 8/10


B) The pain was preceded by an aura

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