Re: PARKINSN Digest - 31 Oct 2005 to 1 Nov 2005 - Special issue (#2005-414)

[rayilynlee <rayilynlee@xxxxxxx>]

my ocular migraines stopped after DBS although I did have a non-conventional
one right after the surgery.  I used to have the aura and the headache.  My
brother has only gotten the aura.
Ray
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From: "Jacqueline Winterkorn, PhD, MD" <JMSWinte@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: PARKINSN Digest - 31 Oct 2005 to 1 Nov 2005 - Special issue
(#2005-414)


> To Katie Lacewell,
> Sounds like what your husband has is a variant of migraine with  aura.  He
> is
> describing his aura. A migraine with visual symptoms  but no headache is
> called an acephalgic migraine or painless migraine.  He  should be
> examined by his
> neurologist or neuro-ophthalmologist and asked about  timing, location, is
> it
> always on the same side, does it last between 5  minutes and an hour, does
> he
> have a history of headaches when he was younger,  family history, etc.  If
> he
> hasn't had an MRI he may deserve one now  depending on his answers.  A
> daily
> aspirin might decrease their  frequency.
> Jacqueline Winterkorn, MD, PhD
>
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