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Migraine Varients???
Hi All,
I went to a new neuro yesterday.She said that she believed I may be suffering from a migraine varient....She said that there is nothing common about my migraine symptoms and the rest of the weirdness I have. She also said that until we know for sure to not take Imetrex that was previously prescribed by other doctor.I have never taken it and good thing I havent.....
Anyone else have a dx for this ?
Any info would be greatly appriciated.....Theresa....
I went to a new neuro yesterday.She said that she believed I may be suffering from a migraine varient....She said that there is nothing common about my migraine symptoms and the rest of the weirdness I have. She also said that until we know for sure to not take Imetrex that was previously prescribed by other doctor.I have never taken it and good thing I havent.....
Anyone else have a dx for this ?
Any info would be greatly appriciated.....Theresa....
Thank you so much, I think this will be so helpful to have. I understood the silent migraines, but this is different. It will be good to have as a resource.
Please keep us posted how you do!
Hugs,
Tracy
Please keep us posted how you do!
Hugs,
Tracy
Hi tracy,
She did go into some detail but said we would discuss it further after my LP results.I found some info on them.
Migraine variant (MV) or migraine equivalent is the term applied to migraine, which exhibits itself in a form other than head pain. MV is characterized by paroxysmal episodes of prolonged visual auras; atypical sensory, motor, or visual aura; confusion; dysarthria; focal neurologic deficits; or gastrointestinal manifestations or other constitutional symptoms with or without a headache.
The diagnosis of MV is determined by history of paroxysmal signs and symptoms with or without cephalgia, a prior history of migraine with aura, in the absence of other medical disorders that may contribute to the symptoms. Many of these patients usually have a family history of migraine.
MVs are less recognized and poorly understood. They are less common than typical migraine without and with aura, and they usually affect children and young adults.
MVs should be differentiated from trigeminal cephalic neuralgias and other primary headaches such as stabbing and thunderclap headaches, cough headaches, or hypnic headaches. MVs should also be differentiated from exertional headaches, a group of headache syndromes associated with physical activity such as running, coughing, sneezing, or sexual intercourse.
Many MVs have been defined by the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II) 2004 classification. These include hemiplegic migraines, basilar migraine, childhood periodic syndromes, retinal migraine, complicated migraines, and ophthalmoplegic migraine.Vertiginous migraine, acute confusional migraine of childhood, and nocturnal migraine, although well recognized entities, remain unclassified by the IHCD-II.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1142731-overview
Thats pretty much the gist of it but theres a ton of info on them at the above site....Sorry I have a hard time getting links to work on here for some reason....
Take care, Theresa
She did go into some detail but said we would discuss it further after my LP results.I found some info on them.
Migraine variant (MV) or migraine equivalent is the term applied to migraine, which exhibits itself in a form other than head pain. MV is characterized by paroxysmal episodes of prolonged visual auras; atypical sensory, motor, or visual aura; confusion; dysarthria; focal neurologic deficits; or gastrointestinal manifestations or other constitutional symptoms with or without a headache.
The diagnosis of MV is determined by history of paroxysmal signs and symptoms with or without cephalgia, a prior history of migraine with aura, in the absence of other medical disorders that may contribute to the symptoms. Many of these patients usually have a family history of migraine.
MVs are less recognized and poorly understood. They are less common than typical migraine without and with aura, and they usually affect children and young adults.
MVs should be differentiated from trigeminal cephalic neuralgias and other primary headaches such as stabbing and thunderclap headaches, cough headaches, or hypnic headaches. MVs should also be differentiated from exertional headaches, a group of headache syndromes associated with physical activity such as running, coughing, sneezing, or sexual intercourse.
Many MVs have been defined by the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II) 2004 classification. These include hemiplegic migraines, basilar migraine, childhood periodic syndromes, retinal migraine, complicated migraines, and ophthalmoplegic migraine.Vertiginous migraine, acute confusional migraine of childhood, and nocturnal migraine, although well recognized entities, remain unclassified by the IHCD-II.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1142731-overview
Thats pretty much the gist of it but theres a ton of info on them at the above site....Sorry I have a hard time getting links to work on here for some reason....
Take care, Theresa
I have never had that diagnosis myself.... but I do get terrible rebound headaches from many(including Imetrex) acute treatments. Do you have more information on the migraine varient? Or did she explain what it means?
Hugs
Tracy
Hugs
Tracy
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