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Basilar Artery Or Hemiplegic Migraines
Key Points:
- A Migraine-type defined by the presence of Migraine headache with neurological symptoms which begin either in the base of the brain or from both sides of the brain at the same time; i.e. brainstem or both cerebral hemispheres.
- Many compare this Migraine type more to hemiplegic Migraine (Migraine type with weakness) than to Migraine with typical aura (99% visual symptoms). Those with less understanding of this Migraine consider it as “atypical or complicated” aura.
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6/9/08 #8: Basilar Migraines, limp muscles, tremors?
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Son 12 with vertigo and Basilar Artery Migraine?
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12/10/07 #8: Triptans for basilar-type Migraine?
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Daughter with Migraines, seizures, conversion disorder?
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7/2/07 #1: Basilar-type Migraine and damage to nerves?
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Hemiplegic Migraines
To understand Hemiplegic Migraine, we have to understand that Migraine attacks are episodic manifestations of a genetic neurological disease.... Read more »
Hemiplegic Migraine: Genetic Testing may be Helpful
Hemiplegic Migraine (HM) is a rare subtype of Migraine with aura (MWA) that is often misunderstood and misdiagnosed. There are two variations of... Read more »
Diplopia, Migraine and Headache Glossary
Diplopia is seeing two images of an object at the same time, double vision. Diplopia can be a Migraine symptoms, particularly basilar-type... Read more »
Migraines, Headaches, and related issues and concitions.
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