Common Symptoms Of Acephalgic Migraine - No Pain?One of the odd migraine types is the Acephalgic Migraine. Why is it odd? Because it does not have the normal pain association that other types of migraine do and has been dubbed the "silent migraine". Acephalgeic migraine is a type of neurological syndrome where the person might have or experience aura symptoms like nausea, photo phobia and scintillating scotoma, but will not have a headache.
While much of the same treatments are applied with acephalgic migraine, the diagnosis is often hard to pinpoint because of the lack of pain symptoms and classic headache issues. Vision issues are also a common problem with this type of migraine, but the patient should always get checked by their eye doctor to rule out any eye disease before settling on a firm diagnosis. Because auras are a common type of vision problem with anyone suffering from migraine, the need to rule out other eye problems is even more important before deciding on whether or not the whole of the problems are caused by acephalgic migraine. Common auras are experienced as overly bright lights, tunnel vision, size and shape distortions, and zig zag lines. Of course the patient knows that the line should be straight and that the size and shape of the object in question should be different than they are currently seeing it. Kaleidoscope effects and blindness in one eye or the other can also indicate a scotoma which is another type of visual aura. Auditory auras can be a problem too with an acephalgic migraine. When a person experiences auditory noise that is not actually happening like buzzing or variations in a common noise that the person knows are not normal, this is likely as a result of the acephalgic migraine. Smells may become warped as well. A favorite food or common scent may smell rotted or become unfamiliar and cause nausea, though nausea can be an symptom all its own with migraines. Numbness in the face or central to one side of the body can also be a symptom of acephalgic migraine. If you are familiar with stroke symptoms, you may be thinking that there are many similarities and, in fact, there are. Aura onset is normally much slower than with a stroke, but there are many more similarities than already discussed, such as hallucinations both auditory and visual. Lack of speech, both during and after, even though the person understands what is being said to her and understands what she is trying to say in response. If any of these symptoms are experienced, being checked by a doctor is highly recommended in order to rule out any of the other possible causes such as stroke, or epilepsy.
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