When you think of migraine headaches, the immediate thought is extreme pain, having to lie in a darkened room and basically not being able to function for a day or two. But did you know that not all migraines cause pain and that the symptoms are similar to a couple of very serious medical complaints.
A loss of peripheral vision in the left eye for forty minutes is no laughing matter. It was accompanied by a dull feeling in the head and later some nausea. The next day just a feeling of fatigue and dullness persisted.
For this to happen to someone for the first time can be confusing. For a medical professional to hear this it rings alarm bells. A CAT scan is required to rule out potential serious pathology. The most likely culprit is an Aneurysm. That is a type of stroke in which a small bleed occurs in the brain.
This kind of bleed can be minor and the person can recover fairly quickly with perhaps only a small loss of vision in the peripheral field, or it can kill or seriously disable in an instant.
The first symptom of this kind of stroke is a loss of peripheral vision! This kind of symptom must be properly investigated. It is too risky to simply be discounted as just a strange symptom. If an all clear is given on the CAT scan the diagnosis may well be that the loss of vision was a migraine.
Obviously not your run of the mill understood kind of migraine but a much rarer form. It has the loss of peripheral vision, a sense as if you are looking through water, mild headache, some nausea and a general feeling like jetlag.
This kind of migraine in many instances seems to be brought on by stress. Of course any kind of migraine can be triggered by stress as well.
The important thing is that a correct diagnosis is made. Do not assume because you know someone or because you have read this article that if you experience such an event that you can automatically self diagnose a migraine.
There are other conditions which also present such symptoms including Leukaemia One such episode killed a young healthy patient in just two weeks from the onset of loss of vision.
As with any migraine keep a record of activities including times of increased stress and dietary change. If you are under strong constant stress, you have to take steps to make changes otherwise you will suffer more frequently.
Some migraines do increase the risk of stroke so I would recommend a daily supplement of grape seed extract or Pcynogenol, a similar compound which is extracted from the marine pine bark. These compounds help to strengthen blood vessels.
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