Ocular Migraine
As if migraine lingo isn’t confusing enough, sometimes people use the term “ocular migraine” to refer to what doctors call a retinal migraine - Korin Miller & Casey Gueren
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Ocular Migraine: When To Seek Help
The term "ocular migraine" can be confusing. It generally means a headache that's accompanied by changes in vision. But the term is often used interchangeably to refer to two different conditions: migraine aura, which usually isn't serious, and retinal migraine, which could signal something serious.
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‘A shimmering spectrum of colour’ – the pain and beauty of retinal migraines
This rare migraine condition causes brief episodes of disturbances in one eye. Here, sufferers reveal what it is like.
Articles of Interest
Clinical features of visual migraine aura: a systematic review
Migraine with typical aura is a highly prevalent disorder as it affects 8% of the general population. Typical migraine aura (MA) symptoms are completely reversible visual, sensory, or language disturbances. Visual aura symptoms (VASs) are by far the most common and occur in 98–99% of MAs, whereas disturbances of sensation and language occur in 36% and 10% of auras, respectively.
Non-Traumatic Monocular Vision Loss
Sudden and transient visual loss or transient blurring or obscuration of vision, with normal recovery of vision after the episode. Can be all the visual field or just part of the visual field
Ocular Migraine With Amaurosis Fugax of the Left Eye: A Case Report
In amaurosis fugax, there is a sudden loss of vision in one eye. Patients gain their vision after a few minutes. The most common underlying cause is atherosclerosis of the internal carotid artery. Other underlying causes include vasospasm of the internal carotid artery, which leads to hypoperfusion and is seen in vasculitis, ocular migraines, and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Retinal Migraine Headache
Ocular or retinal migraines are generally defined as a transient monocular scotoma or loss of vision that is accompanied or followed by a headache within 60 minutes of visual symptoms onset. In some cases, persistent monocular visual loss and abnormal ophthalmological findings have been reported.
Understanding Ocular Migraine
Retinal Migraine refers to visual symptoms that occur in only one eye before or during the headache phase of a migraine attack.
Understanding Ocular Migraine: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
“Ocular migraine” can be a confusing term to understand. Here's what to know.
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ScienceDirect
Ocular migraine typically presents with repeated attacks of a monocular scotoma or unilateral blindness lasting less than one hour with associated headache. It occurs in as many as 1 in 200 migraine sufferers (Troost 1996), and usually presents as a transient monocular visual loss in young adults.
