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Migraine With Aura And Visual Effects

By Veronica Tripplethorn

There are different types of migraines, or rather, different manifestations of the same underlying migraine disease. While it’s mistakenly thought of as the only type of migraine, a migraine with aura is only one of the ways this illness makes itself felt.

The aura is known to involve visual effects, but not many people realize that it’s actually a wider neurological phenomenon that affects more than the vision. Not every migraine sufferer experiences the aura, but those who do can have much broader symptoms than just visual ones.

It’s true that the effects most generally associated with the migraine with aura are related to vision. People might experience blind spots or see jagged light flashes or have an image split into shards.

Sensitivity To Light Or Touch

But for an hour or so prior to the severe headache coming onto the scene, the aura can produce other neurological effects as well, like tingling in the limbs or face, extra sensitivity to light or touch, and even slurring of speech. Since it’s the nerves that are affected, and not the eyes directly, visual symptoms are just one kind of result of the extra nerve sensitivity.

Another type of migraine is sometimes mistaken for one with the aura, which is the ocular or ophthalmic migraine. This has similar visual symptoms to the standard aura, involving blind spots in the vision, as well as zigzagging or brightly flickering light.

Originates In The Blood Vessels Of The Retina

This type of migraine, though, might occur without a headache at all, as the phenomena originates in the blood vessels of the retina rather than in the occipital cortex, the area of the brain that processes vision (where the aura originates).

So there is some debate about whether this is a migraine with aura at all, yet many doctors argue that the otherwise unexplained disturbances in the retinal blood vessels must also surely originate in the occipital cortex.

Even if a person who experiences the migraine with aura and one who has only the visual symptoms are having those symptoms induced by somewhat different means, they are both experiencing a migraine.

Detection Of Origin Of Migraine

This means they need the same detective work to review their options and find their own migraine triggers, and they both need to try to remove them. When the migraine comes, in whatever form, they will ultimately depend on the same migraine drugs and treatments. The main difference between them will be whether they’ve got the painful headache.

But both lives can be equally disrupted, so the person with only the visual disturbances may not consider themselves to be particularly lucky.

Please Note: All information given on this site is for general information purposes and is not to replace any medical opinion or medical diagnosis given by a qualified medical doctor, a dietitian/nutritional expert or any other medical expert, as individual circumstances may vary. Please see your medical doctor, before any action is taken to alleviate symptoms.

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About the Author:
Veronica Tripplethorn is an author of health, nutrition, dieting and weight loss articles including Massage Therapy, Massages, Aromatherapy Massage, Hollywood 48-Hour Miracle Diet.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles coming soon.

More Facts About Migraines...

Can a lifestyle change prevent migraines?
In many cases a lifestyle change can help prevent a migraine but only if the physician and the person has identified the triggers. If you notice that you get a migraine after eating certain foods then obviously you need to avoid those foods. You may also need to consider your overall health. People with high blood pressure are more prone to migraines than people who do not. But even that has been debated.

The only real way to know what is triggering your migraine is to keep a careful journal for several weeks or even months. Each day you need to chart down what you ate and what you did, making sure to leave nothing out. Then on the day that you have a migraine take a look at what happened that day or what you ate.

You may discover a trigger in that journal. The one important factor is that you need to be in good health. That means watching your weight and exercising often. The healthier you can make yourself, the more likely it is that you can decrease the number of migraines that you get.