Migraine Aura explained
April 20th 2008 03:05
I read another news article on mymigraines.com about women,aura migraine,risk of heart disease.I found a statement made by Dr.David Dodick, a Mayo Clinic neurologist "If we image the brain during that time, we can see that there are areas not functioning quite properly,"
Dodick said what's happening in the brain during an aura is like the ripple effect you get when you toss a pebble in water.Now,what I really like is the explanation "That ripple or wave starts in an area of the brain called the occipital cortex," said Dodick.
Vision is controlled by the occipital cortex.Electrical activity spreads when a trigger,such as light or noise activate neurons,abnormal electrical activity spreads.I can cause various symptoms as it moves across different lobes of your brain.Symptoms like visual disturbances,speech problems,weakness in limbs,tingling.
I can tell you that I experience all of those,along with having hallucinations,fainting,spell ing errors.I've been in the er and had the lady at the desk ask me questions,and I could not understand her.I could hear she was saying something,but I didn't know what.And the sound of her voice was muffeled.I looked to my daughter in panic and she answered for me.
It can be so unreal,scares you so much.And yet,when you tell these things to the people at the er,they don't note it.They don't think anything about it.It is really important that they learn to listen to what you are telling them and to note them.To take you seriously.
That is why I feel that migraine has a long way to go as far as getting real respect.Without that real respect,it makes it very hard to get real treatment.
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Dodick said what's happening in the brain during an aura is like the ripple effect you get when you toss a pebble in water.Now,what I really like is the explanation "That ripple or wave starts in an area of the brain called the occipital cortex," said Dodick.
Vision is controlled by the occipital cortex.Electrical activity spreads when a trigger,such as light or noise activate neurons,abnormal electrical activity spreads.I can cause various symptoms as it moves across different lobes of your brain.Symptoms like visual disturbances,speech problems,weakness in limbs,tingling.
I can tell you that I experience all of those,along with having hallucinations,fainting,spell ing errors.I've been in the er and had the lady at the desk ask me questions,and I could not understand her.I could hear she was saying something,but I didn't know what.And the sound of her voice was muffeled.I looked to my daughter in panic and she answered for me.
It can be so unreal,scares you so much.And yet,when you tell these things to the people at the er,they don't note it.They don't think anything about it.It is really important that they learn to listen to what you are telling them and to note them.To take you seriously.
That is why I feel that migraine has a long way to go as far as getting real respect.Without that real respect,it makes it very hard to get real treatment.
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