Ocular migraine
A condition in which a person suffers from a migraine that involves visual disturbance. Ocular migraines can develop with or without the accompanying pain of a typical migraine.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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How common it is:
Preteen 6-13 | Very common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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A 45-year old asked:
What is an ocular migraine?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Why are ocular migraine so painful.
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A 37-year old asked:
Can you tell me about ocular migraine?
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A 36-year old female asked:
How do u differentiate between TIA and ocular migraine ?
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A 29-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: ocular migraine?
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A 24-year old male asked:
What is ocular migraine, why it happens, how much dangerous is it?
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A 40-year old female asked:
What tests would u order for someone whose ocular migraine went from 1 a year to multiple times a month? My neuro did nothing, and I am worried.
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A 59-year old female asked:
Can ocular migraines be a sign of something dangerous? My husband has a long history with migraine headaches, but lately getting more ocular migraines only..should we be concerned?
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A 31-year old asked:
Does dehydration cause ocular migraine?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Bad ocular migraine 5 days ago now with visual static won't go away. Why?
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A 46-year old asked:
I've been having this ocular migraine that has lasted over 3 hours. How can I stop the headache?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Whats causes ocular migraine? Can computer use cause this?
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A 32-year old female asked:
In the past, have had about 1 ocular migraine per year, few more/year when was pregnant, and now 1 every 2 months. Change of frequency worrisome?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Had first ocular migraine last week. Also have had a dull headache on top right portion of head. Comes and goes, feels better now when I lay down. ?
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A 41-year old asked:
Is it recommended to see a neurologist for an ocular migraine?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Random white flashy circles in peripheral both sides. Full vision good in peripheral and front. Ocular migraine or beginning of retina tear? Worried
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A 43-year old asked:
Can an ocular migraine occur in only one eye?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Does ocular migraine cause blurred vision?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Could ocular migraine cause tinnitus? Any relationship between them?
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A 30-year old male asked:
What causes an ocular migraine? I only recently started having them and don't know how seriously to take them. I have a c-shaped distortion in my eye.
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A 45-year old asked:
I also have ocular migraine headaches in which i experience disturbed vision in my eye, so what is the problem ?
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A 19-year old female asked:
My vision went strange in my left eye for 20 minutes. looked like flashing circles and stars. Was this an ocular migraine ? Worried
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A 19-year old female asked:
I had ocular migraine(2 weeks ago) half of vision in my left eye was blurred. After it had gone I have permanant reduced acuity in that region causes?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I had ocular migraine but the vision In the corner is still reduced after 6 wks 2 days after my right arm went numb for 3 hrs Jst an extreme migraine?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Migraines/ 1 ocular migraine/ 1-time facial tick/ can't lie down flat without getting a headache/ imitrex no good/ serious indicators? see a neuro?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I had an ocular migraine yesterday. How dangerous are those? Does it mean I have a brain tumor? Or that I will have a stroke?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Increase in ocular migraine, whoosing sound in ear, now woke with vertigo. Do these point to a certain disease? Seeing a neuro in 2 wks.
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A 27-year old female asked:
Had an ocular migraine, and now I cant stop focusing on my vision. It is very nosey and Im afraid something is wrong with my eyes or brain. ?
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A 60-year old male asked:
2 days ago I was in work and suddenly started seeing a floater in my left eye accompanied with flashing light. I thought I was having an ocular migraine. Its been 3 days. Its intermittent. Is this an emergency?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Sudden, persistent (2 days) eye flash. Similar to ocular migraine but only in one eye: size of outstretched thumb. Flash is apparent when blinking but fades quickly. No major pre-existing health problems. shows on bright background not in dark.
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