Migraine Aura And Migraine Medications

Migraine aura and migraine medications

        A lot of times the migraine headaches are followed by some sort of visual disturbances which are known as an aura. The aura usually occurs between minutes and hours before the beginning of a migraine. These symptoms usually last from 10 to 25 minutes. Visual disturbances can occur in one eye or both eyes. The visual disturbances symptoms can include one or more of the following such as: zigzag lines, flashing lights, visual hallucinations, blind spots which are temporary, light sensitivity, blurred vision, pain in the eye.

       20-30% of the people who suffer of migraine experiences migraine aura. The migraine aura can include a neurological phenomena that follow the migraine attack. These symptoms occur from 5 to 20 minutes and usually can last less than an hour. The headache pain of a migraine usually starts with an hour at the end of the aura, but in some cases the headache pain can delay up to a number of hours, and it can also be vanished.

       The migraine aura symptoms include symptoms such as: visual, sensory or motor in nature. The visual aura is one of the most usual symptoms from the neurological conditions. The visual aura is a vision disorder that consists usually of unformed white or black twinkles and in rare cases of multicolored lights or groups of zigzag lines which are very dazzling also called scotoma.

       Some people complain of blurred, brilliant or cloudy sight, as they seem to be looking through blurred glass, or rarely tunnel sight. The sensory aura of a migraine is characterized by digitolingual parsthesias, which is like a needle sensation that occurs in the palm and arm and even in the nose and mouth field on the same part. This phenomenon is migrating through the arm and to the face, lips and even tongue. Some other aura symptoms include auditory and olfactory visions, dysphasia which may be temporary, vertigo, insensibility of the face hyper sensitivity at touch.

Migraine medications

       The migraine medications that you should take when you first experience migraine symptoms include painkillers, as well as medications made especially to target the migraine. This form of migraine medications are usually called abortive.

       The following category of migraine medications are the preventive ones. This is a type of medication that you should take once or twice a day, all the time. The preventive medications should be taken for three months to start working, but after that you may notice a definite drop in the number of headaches you experience, and you also may discover that the headaches you get are not so bad now.

       When it comes to abortive medications the idea is to get the medicine inside your body, as quickly as possible. You can take a typical pilule or take something under your tongue or even get an injection.

       You may be surprised to find out that many medicines were not even made for treating the migraine in the first place. Your specialist may recommend an anti-convulsant, usually given to seizure patients. You may also be recommended antidepressants, even though you may not be depressed, or any variety of general painkillers that you may also take for arthritis or a tension headache.