Painless migraine
Painless migraine
When you say migraine the first thing that comes to your mind is unbearable pain, but what people don’t know is that suffering from a migraine extends far beyond than just excruciating pain. There are 4 stages that make up a migraine. These are: pre-headache, aura, headache, and then the post-headache. Millions around the world suffer from this 4-stage, full-blown migraine that needs to be reckoned with, but then there is a minority that suffer from what is called a painless migraine. What is this? If you think about it technically, there is actually no migraine that comes without pain or a painless migraine, to make it simple. If you go to a physician, he or she will probably tell you that you are suffering from a painless migraine. They will probably call it an optical migraine. What is this exactly? If you think about it, the answer is shouting out at you in the question? It is a migraine that has the pre-headache stage, and then the aura stage progresses to the point of the headache, but then stops. The painless migraine skips the phase of the headache. If you suffer from a painless headache, you will receive the visual interruptions or disturbances of the aura and the migraine but without the unbearable headache. This kind of migraine can also be known as a migraine with an aura. A physician would probably be able to describe this painless migraine as acephalgic, which means without a headache. A prodome is often referred to the pre-headache phase. The painless migraine starts here, and the weird thing is that you can enter this phase hours, even several days before. Making yourself familiar with the prodome, you will be able to know the warning signs that a migraine is about to take place: * fatigue * food cravings * frequent urination * diarrhea * depression * irritability * constipation * stiffness in the neck muscles. The aura phase can be terrifying. These symptoms include: * Auditory hallucinations * Confusion * Hearing is decreased * Vocabulary is shortened * Senses are increased or reduced * Partial paralyisis * Vision is limited * Visual hallucination For a painless migraine, your suffering stops here. There are other words that describe these migraines and they are called: sans-migraine, silent migraine, and migraine equivalent. It doesn’t matter if you know for sure that you are suffering from a painless migraine. You should consult your doctor, because there may be other conditions present.
