Does your Optic migraine have flashing Zigzag Lights ?

An optical migraine is also referred to as a silent migraine, ocular migraine, and a ophthalmic migraine.

All are the same.

They have migraine at the end of the word because they are associated with the migraines that you have.

Not all migraine sufferers have this before their headaches. My wife never does, and she used to have terrible migraines.

This migraine doesn't hurt because it involves the eyes.(optic is pertaining to the eyes).

Unlike a painful migraine, an ocular, or silent migraine also involves an aura that comes before a migraine attack, but you won't have the pain.

If you have never had this before, don't hesitate, go to the doctor. You can also have these symptoms with a stroke.

The ocular, or visual migraine is much rarer.

This migraine results from a spasm of the blood vessels leading to the eye. You know that many blood vessels are involved in migraine attacks.

The visual disturbances that are experienced are!!!

You can have a blind spot, flashing lights, or zigzag patterns, and they can last from a few minutes to an hour or so.

And most of the time optic migraine sufferers will experience rather quick, and unexpected visual disturbance. And that will be followed by a pretty severe migraine. Drinking to much alcohol, caffeine, and stress have been known to contribute to optic migraine.

Other than a stroke, different changes in your vision could be caused by partial seizures, a retina in the eye could have been detached, or even a brain tumor.

If you are a woman,you are much more likely to have optic migraine than a man.

What is the treatment for visual migraine?

Lying in a dark room usually relieves the migraine symptoms.

If this is preceded be the pain of a migraine, then you would resume your normal course of the treatment of your migraines.

If you have had this before, than you most likely know for you if the pain will follow. This is a sign to take your medicine before the pain sets in.

If you are driving and you have experienced these before, pull over to the side of the road, and remain clam.

If by some change you read this, and you have never had a optic migraine, and down the road you have this, pull over to the side of the road, and call 911.

About half of ocular migraine sufferers will lose their vision for awhile, no more than a half hour.

The video below may be something you can relate to.

You can update on our last page on migraine types, and our next page on a acephalgic migraine.

All the best

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