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Migraine with aura is a type of migraine that is companied by sensory warning signs. It accounts for less than twenty percent among the cases who complain about migraine headaches. Migraine aura symptoms can be either sensory or motor.

These aural signs usually include flashes of light, blind spots, or tingling sensation in the hand or face. Visual aura is the most typical. It consists of amorphous flashes of white, black, combinations of black and white, or very rarely of colored lights. Visual aura of zigzag lines is also reported to precede migraine aura. Some cases of migraine aura include symptoms that are auditory, olfactory, or gustatory in nature. Moreover, there are also patients who report vertigo, numbness in the face or the extremities, hypersensitivity when touched, or hallucinations. These peculiar sets of symptoms are called prodrome, and they typically last for five to twenty minutes. They may even continue long after the headache has subsided.

Scientists suspect that the causes of migraines with aura are predominantly genetic in origin or linked to the person being overweight. In addition, environmental factors and intake of certain drugs might trigger these types of migraines. Migraines are known to run in families. In addition, statistics of migraine sufferers shows that more males than females experience migraine. In adulthood, more adult females experience migraine headaches than adult males. After the age of fifty, it is rare for a person to have headaches.

Migraine with aura is treated the same way as migraines during pregnancy or cluster headaches symptoms. They can be relieved by home remedies or medication. Headaches, unless they are associated with brain tumors, are not exactly life-threatening. So, if a certain harmless home remedy works for you, then choose that over the option of ingesting pain relievers.

Possible medication triggers to migraine headaches are the following: cimetidine, estrogen, hydralazine, nifedipine, nitroglycerin, ranitidine, and reserpine. Common food triggers to headaches are chocolate, red wine or other alcohol, cheeses, citrus fruits, avocados, dried fruits like raisins or plums, artificial sweeteners, food preservatives, food additives especially MSG (monosodium glutamate), and ice cream or other cold foods. If you are prone to migraines, avoiding these common food triggers will help to prevent the debilitating pain of migraines. Take note that anything that’s processed or preserved is potentially a headache trigger. Anytime you get headaches over a certain food substance, then you will know that it is a food trigger for you. You should know better and avoid it next time.

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