In the previous ICHD (ICHD-2), vertigo was not included as a migraine symptom in adults, except for basilar-type migraine (now termed migraine with brainstem aura), which presents with vertigo in more than 60% of patients (Sturzenegger and Meienberg, 1985; Kirchmann et al., 2006). As...
Migraine with brainstem aura Hemiplegic migraine Status migrainosus Retinal migraine A migraine variant may be suggested by focal neurologic findings, such as the following, that occur with the headache and persist temporarily after the pain resolves: Unilateral paralysis or weakness - Hemiplegic migra...
Hemiplegic migraine (HM) is a rare subtype of migraine with aura in which the aura phase includes transient motor weakness . Diagnosis is based on the International Classification of Headache Disorders criteria (ICHD-3). The most important diagnostic tools remain a patient interview, neurological ...
A. At least 5 episodes with vestibular symptoms of moderate or severe intensity, lasting 5 min to 72 hours. B. A current or past history of migraine with or without aura, using the IHS criteria (ICHD-3). C. At least 50% of episodes are associated with at least one of the ...
brainstem, and retinal symptoms. Visual aura (VA) is the most common form of aura in MA, occurring either alone or in combination with other auras in 98% of cases2,3,4. MA differs from migraine without aura (MO) in terms of the prevalence, comorbidities, triggering factors, and clinical...
The International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3) breaks migraine with aura even further into four types: Typical aura: Can bring on visual symptoms such as Temporary blind spots Geometric patterns Zigzag lines Stars or shimmering spots Flashes of light Brainstem aura: Involves sympto...
Already in the ICHD-II, criteria for migraine had been specifically adopted for use in children allowing a higher number of pediatric patients to be classified. The two most frequent subtypes of migraine in pediatric population are respectively migraine without aura and migraine with aura. Aura is...
Similarly, the older designation basilar migraine (now termed migraine with brainstem aura) does not apply to our patients with eV because this diagnosis requires at least two symptoms from the posterior circulation territory, each lasting between 5 and 60 min. Although we did not study eV ...
In the 15–19 year old age range, Split and Newman (1999) looked at 2353 children in Lodz, Poland, using the ICHD-I criteria. This study found that 28% of these adolescents had migraines with a female predominance. Of the adolescents with migraine, 19% had migraine without aura and 9...
Some specialists also recommend avoiding beta-blockers as preventive therapy for patients with hemiplegic migraines, like migraines with brainstem aura. Methylprednisone at 100 mg daily for five days resolved symptoms of a child with hemiplegic migraine and severe symptoms.[31] Triggers for a hemi...