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Migraines Headaches Triggers Symptoms Treatment
1-Status Migrainosus.
Migraine that can last longer than 72 hours. Symptoms of nausea and light sensitivity last for a couple of days but the headache will persist.
2-Ophthalmoplegic Migraine (with double vision)
Paralysis of one or more of the muscles moving the eyes resulting in the eyes moving out of alignment and the person seeing double
3-Retinal Migraine (with loss of vision in one eye) or loss of sight in one eye and normal vision in the other.
4-Common migraine.
5-Migraine with aura.
6-Migraine Aura without Headache.
The migraine with aura becomes less severe over the years; these attacks are referred to as migraine aura without headache. It also unusual for attacks to have occurred without a headache.
7-Lower Half Headache or Facial Migraine.
A common migraine that covers one half of the face affecting the nostril, jaw and cheek.
8-Basilar Artery Migraine (with loss of balance and fainting).
Symptoms include visual disturbances, dizziness, imbalance, speech impediment. Followed by pain in the back of the head. Fainting may also occur at the height of the attack.
9-Abdominal Migraine (recurrent stomach pains in childhood)
Symptoms are periodic abdominal pains.
10-Hemiplegic Migraine (with weakness on one side of the body).
Stroke like symptoms may affect and continue, until the arm and leg on one side are completely paralysed for a several hours. Repeated attacks will leave a residual weakness. Familial hemiplegic migraine occurs where there is a family genetic history of hemiplegic migraine.
11-Migrainous Infarction.
Symptoms vary from permanent blind spots to a stroke occurring during a typical migraine attack.
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