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04/23/07 #3 - Migraine and sudden sharp pain during echo cardiogram?

By Ask the Clinician Health Expert
Full Question:
I have small PFO and migraine with aura. Diagnosed by a neurologist. During my contrast bubble echo cardiogram study i developed a Migraine aura with micropsia, dysphasia and sudden sharp pain in the left side of my head, during the valsalva, and went on to have a full Migraine with my normal right sided headache, forty minutes after the aura. Was this sharp pain a TIA, or my migraine? Should I have a CT brain scan. Many thanks. Pat.

Answer:

Dear Pat;
A not uncommon problem wi...

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