migraines ?

Question

What causes the strange lights that you get in your sight when you have a migraine, also are people who suffer from migraines more at risk of having a stroke.

Answer 1

I get those too, such a horrible thing, I usually get lightening flashes that become worse and worse till I've almost got tunnel vision for about 20 minutes, then I can see again but get the screaming headache and nausea for about 4 hours. Not as bad as some I know but bad enough.... Anyway, basically the flashing lights are caused by a vascular spasm in the vision centre of the brain. Migraines without these flashing lights get the spasms on the surface of the brain, so the resulting headache and nausea etc is similar, it's just the early symptoms that arise from different areas.

With regards to the stroke risk, I just looked it up and found and article that says: recent research has concluded that migraine sufferers face 2.16 times increased risk of stroke compared to those without migraines. Those who also suffered additional vision interruptions from light affects had an increased risk of 2.27 times compared to 1.86 in migraine sufferers without aura. Other results indicate that female migraine sufferers who also take to pill are up to 8 times more likely to have a stroke but this risk figure is contradicted by other research results. The stroke risk is probably due to a blood flow reduction to the brain which is associated with a migraine. Almost 25% of women aged mid to late thirties suffer from migraines. More research needs to be done to determine the affect of oral contraceptive use on migraine sufferers with respect to risk of stroke.
Hope this helps....

Answer 2

The lights are caused by an increase your blood pressure, which in turn can cause a migraine.A lot of doctors refer to the lights as auras, like people with epilepsy sometimes get before having a seizure. Another theory is that a migraine affects the optic nerve ..... I am a migraine sufferer, and I did have a slight stroke last summer when my migraine lasted for 9 Non-stop weeks! ( I am only 33) Although the stroke left no permanent damage, it was a really scary experience at my age.

Answer 3

Migraine is a painful neurological condition, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head and are often accompanied by photophobia (hypersensitivity to light), phonophobia (hypersensitivity to sound) and nausea. The word migraine is French in origin and comes from the Greek hemicrania (as does the Old English term megrim). Literally, hemicrania means "only half the head."

The signs and symptoms of migraine vary among patients. Therefore, what a patient experiences before, during and after an attack cannot be defined exactly. The four phases of a migraine attack listed below are common among patients but are not necessarily experienced by all migraine sufferers. Additionally, the phases experienced and the symptoms experienced during them can vary from one migraine attack to another in the same migraineur:

The prodrome, which occurs hours or days before the headache.
The aura, which immediately precedes the headache.
The headache phase.
The postdrome.

Answer 4

The cause of the visual hallucinations is unknown. There is a small increased risk for some strokes with some types of migraine. Again the cause is unknown.

Answer 5

The strange lights you get is due to the pressure on your nerves which itself is result of some stressful condition, It could be environmental like hot sun or chilling cold or it could be mental like overwork, a tricky problem to solve or pshycological fear of an undesirable event taking place or facing some unpleasant person. But, I don't think migraines have got to do anything with stroke.

Answer 6

I cant answer your questions but I do sympathise, I used too get migraine from the age of about 12 to middle 40`s it is a hideous debilitating thing, and I don`t believe anyone who has never had it saying they no how you must feel, nobody could imagine that kind of pain and lingering after effects, I hope get your answer from someone qualified to answer, I don`t believe you`d be more likely to have C.V.A. (stroke) but i`m no expert.

Answer 7

iiMigraine has to do with the brain which negatively affects the eye.This is why one cannot control tears when under a migaine attack.Am not of the opinion that people who suffer from it are more at risk of having a stroke if it is well managed;and if there is no history of high blood pressure.

Answer 8

The strange lights that you see are caused by a rise in your blood pressure which could cause a stroke, go the doctors if this happens alot you may need meds or just a change in you diet.

Answer 9

I had one a few days ago , and mylife it was pain full. I also count not stop being sick.

Answer 10

Eat healthy and it won't happen. Try anadin extra tablets.