Atypical Migraine can Mimic Strokes!

It's enough to scare you, isn't it?

The duration of these migraines are from four hours to a few days. The migraine attack you have will be different from another person.

They come with different phases, and you may not have the same ones with each migraine attack. And the same goes for the length of time you may experience it.

Any migraine, such as the type, will have to be diagnosed by exactly what you tell your headache specialist.

For instance, if you only have head pain, you have the common migraine, but if you have other sensory symptoms before, or after the headache (you may not have the head pain), your headache Doctor will give this the name of classic migraines.

Classic migraines fall in to several types, with quite a few migraine symptoms,such as!!

#(1)Mood changes for some sufferers

#(2)Dizziness could be from atypical migraine

#(3)You could also have blurred vision

#(4)Let's not forget unexpected fatigue

#(5)Also one could have stomach discomfort

The atypical migraine is just occasionally seen by doctors If you've had the atypical, then you had the symptoms of the aura, but it didn't stop there, did it?

Other neurological symptoms were present. These are the ones that scare you.

You can also have slurred speech, and one sided muscle weakness. If you're young, you may not think much about this. But with a few years under the belt, the fear of stroke is present.

If you go to the hospital like my wife did, their main concern is checking you for stroke. (She spent three days in a major hospital, and the conclussion was, they really didn't know what happened to her). They just knew she didn't have a stroke.

"We were thankful that she didn't". Atypical migraines are hard to diagnose

Like I said above, they are so close to the symptoms of stroke, and certain types of seizures, the Doctors are not to concerned that you have a migraine, and well so.

If an attack only lasts for a few hours, it may be hard to diagnose.

This is one of the complicated migraines.

Anytime you have numbness, go to the hosipital to rule out stroke or anything else going on.

Preventing any type of migraine is the best course of treatment

The atypical, or complex migraines are much more annoying, and ones to worry about. But they don't have as much pain involved.

All types of migraines can have triggers that can set them off. And the most ordinary things can bring on a migraine. Below are some...

#(1)Coughing can cause headaches we have a page on coughing headaches.

#(2)Emotional stress has long been a migraine culprit

#(3)Physical activity is limited to many migraine sufferers

#(4)For some migraine sufferers odors can trigger a headache

#(5)Loud sounds is a famous trigger of migraines

#(6)Also poor eating habits is a factor for many headache

#(7)Bad sleeping habits can trigger migraines

#(8)Menstrual cycle in women wreck havoc on migraines and headaches

#(9)And even bending over can sometimes trigger a migraine

Some migraine food triggers could be working against your headaches also.

Once your headache specialist determines you had atypical migraine, you will be given preventive medicine to take.

But don't forget to try some of the simple things suggested above to help prevent your migraines. Check the food triggers, and see if there is a connection.

Our last page is a migraine without headache, and our next page covers another rare headache called a basilar migraine.

Wishing you a pain free day

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