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Neurological signs sometimes heralding a migraine

2021-03-08T09:37:54.129Z


For the vast majority of migraine sufferers, treatment of the crisis and, if necessary, a basic treatment to reduce their frequency and intensity, makes it possible to regain a good quality of life.


About a third of migraine sufferers suffer from attacks preceded by neurological signs: these are migraines with aura.

When it comes to visual signs, we talk about migraine with ophthalmic aura.

“They can present in the form of negative disorders (something less), such as a hole in the visual field, amputation, narrowing, darkening and / or blurring.

For others, these are positive signs (something more) that precede headaches: the most common are small shiny spots (phosphenes).

Still others see broken and brilliant lines, a sort of luminous zigzag, even colored spots, kaleidoscopes.

More rarely, finally, some migraine sufferers complain of metamorphopsies - these are most often children or young adults - and anything is allowed: seeing smaller than reality or, on the contrary, larger, or even upside down or even, having complex visual hallucinations of characters!

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Source: lefigaro

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