Migraine Headache
Ocular Migraines
In this particular type of migraine, there could be
repeated attacks of one-sided blind spots, lasting for an hour, with or
without headaches.
Symptoms of Ocular Migraines:
-
Lateralized pain around the eye is accompanied by nausea and diplopia
(double vision).
- The neurologic disturbances rarely accompanying
typical migraine symptoms become the sole manifestations of an attack
(the migraine equivalent) and migraine medications prove helpful.
Treatment
for Ocular Migraine:
- The management consists of avoiding
migraine triggers, together with prophylactic or symptomatic
pharmacologic treatment, if necessary.
- During attacks, many
patients find it useful to rest in a quiet, darkened room, until the
symptoms subside.
- A simple analgesic (e.g., aspirin) taken right
away often provides relief.
- Cafergot, a combination of ergotamine
tartrate and caffeine, is often particularly helpful.
Ocular
migraines are usually characterized by abnormal visual sensations like
blurring of vision headache and eye strain headache. Oularmigraines are
often noticed in people with the history of classic migraines and are at
times followed by headache.
The causes of ocular migraines are
not yet understood. But, it can be said that due to abnormal stimulation
of nerve cells of the brain these migraines can take place. They occur irregularly but repeatedly. They do not need any
treatment. However, if they're often followed by headaches, your
physician would recommend medications to relieve headache rack.