The latest update to the migraine app from the Kiel Pain Clinic and the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) health insurance company offers many new features. These are designed to help sufferers better understand their headache attacks and differentiate them from other neurological conditions. This can enable faster and more specific treatment. More than 30 different types of migraine are currently recognized. One particularly severe form is migraine with aura. In this condition, patients' field of vision is increasingly restricted by zigzag-shaped flashes or flickering lights. With the update, users can experience migraine with aura live in their current environment. This can lead to faster diagnostic certainty and more effective treatment. "Many patients experiencing a migraine with aura for the first time are unsettled and don't know what this significant restriction of their field of vision means. Often, they suspect an eye problem or even a stroke," says Professor Dr. Hartmut Göbel of the Kiel Pain Clinic. The new feature simulates a migraine with aura for users. The app accesses the phone's camera, and gradually, flickering, zigzag-shaped flashes, streaks, and veils appear at the edge of the field of vision – just like a real migraine aura. This is intended to make patients aware of the typical characteristics of this particular migraine phase and, if necessary, to know what to do: namely, to initiate targeted behavioral measures and treatment in a timely manner. The pain phase of the migraine follows at least an hour after the aura subsides. Both phases require different therapies, so those affected need to be familiar with the process. The aura simulation also makes it possible, for the first time, to show family members how an aura develops, what it looks like, and how debilitating it can be. In the Kiel Pain Clinic's Click-Tips, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel explains how a migraine aura develops and how the migraine app helps to recognize and understand auras, differentiate them from other visual disturbances, and treat them effectively.