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If you are
suffering from pressure on the nerves behind the eye, you would
experience similar symptoms. Therefore, it is important to confirm the
presence of ophthalmoplegic migraine with the help of a physician.
Ocular/ophthalmic/retinal migraine
Ocular migraine, also
referred to as ophthalmic or retinal migraine, has varied symptoms which
differ from patient to patient, but get worse with age. Sometimes only
the visual signs of the attack like the aura are present. As there is no
headache, it is referred to as acephalgic migraine or migraine without
headache.
In this particu;ar type of migraine, there could be
repeated attacks of one-sided blind spots, lasting for an hour, with or
without headaches.
Hemiplegic migraine
A
very rare form of migraine that usually runs in families, a hemiplegic
migraine leads to the development of motor paralysis on one side of the
body. In addition to this, the patient may also experience numbness and
a pins-and-needles sensation as well.
Considered as one of the
more severe forms of migraine, its cause could lay in the defect of
chromosome 1 or chromosome 19. Abnormal calcium channels could also be
involved. Triptans should not be taken if this kind of headache is
present.
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