| When you think of migraine headaches, the | | | | Obviously not your run of the mill understood kind |
| immediate thought is extreme pain, having to lie in | | | | of migraine but a much rarer form. It has the loss |
| a darkened room and basically not being able to | | | | of peripheral vision, a sense as if you are looking |
| function for a day or two. But did you know that | | | | through water, mild headache, some nausea and a |
| not all migraines cause pain and that the | | | | general feeling like jetlag. |
| symptoms are similar to a couple of very serious | | | | This kind of migraine in many instances seems to |
| medical complaints. | | | | be brought on by stress. Of course any kind of |
| A loss of peripheral vision in the left eye for forty | | | | migraine can be triggered by stress as well. |
| minutes is no laughing matter. It was accompanied | | | | The important thing is that a correct diagnosis is |
| by a dull feeling in the head and later some | | | | made. Do not assume because you know |
| nausea. The next day just a feeling of fatigue and | | | | someone or because you have read this article |
| dullness persisted. | | | | that if you experience such an event that you |
| For this to happen to someone for the first time | | | | can automatically self diagnose a migraine. |
| can be confusing. For a medical professional to | | | | There are other conditions which also present |
| hear this it rings alarm bells. A CAT scan is | | | | such symptoms including Leukaemia One such |
| required to rule out potential serious pathology. | | | | episode killed a young healthy patient in just two |
| The most likely culprit is an Aneurysm. That is a | | | | weeks from the onset of loss of vision. |
| type of stroke in which a small bleed occurs in | | | | As with any migraine keep a record of activities |
| the brain. | | | | including times of increased stress and dietary |
| This kind of bleed can be minor and the person | | | | change. If you are under strong constant stress, |
| can recover fairly quickly with perhaps only a | | | | you have to take steps to make changes |
| small loss of vision in the peripheral field, or it can | | | | otherwise you will suffer more frequently. |
| kill or seriously disable in an instant. | | | | Some migraines do increase the risk of stroke so |
| The first symptom of this kind of stroke is a loss | | | | I would recommend a daily supplement of grape |
| of peripheral vision! This kind of symptom must | | | | seed extract or Pcynogenol, a similar compound |
| be properly investigated. It is too risky to simply | | | | which is extracted from the marine pine bark. |
| be discounted as just a strange symptom. If an all | | | | These compounds help to strengthen blood |
| clear is given on the CAT scan the diagnosis may | | | | vessels. |
| well be that the loss of vision was a migraine. | | | | |