Migraine stroke

Beeman

Hi,

I'm 58 years-old male and I have migraines with aura since age 14. Two weeks ago, I felt weakness in the left side of my body, and at the hospital the doctors told me I had a stroke. I underwent several tests, but they still don't know the cause for the stroke (my lab tests are normal; I don't have diabetes or hypertension). My neurologist said that although it's very rare, he thinks that my stroke was caused by my migraine.

I tried to find information about it, but couldn't find much – do you know where I can get some more info? Thanks!

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Proffitt

I was sorry to hear about your stroke. I hope you feel better now. I tried to search the net and found several links you may find intresting:

http://headaches.about.com/od/migrainediseas1/a/mx_s...

http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_section_details.asp?...

I hope you'll find them helpfull

best wishes!
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Bradham

As someone that also suffers from migraine, I am worried about the risk of stroke like the one you told about. This is a link to an article I found recently:

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2004/12/13/stoke-migr...

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rivkad...

I supposedly had two strokes that caused one sided weakness and temporary aphasia. The most recent time it happened, I went to a different hospital's ER where their neurologist and stroke specialist told me I have "complex migraines." Apparently this type of migraine can mimic a stroke with all the symptoms. If you look up "complex migraine" at webmd.com or other similar sites, it will give you more informaton. My opinion, for what it's worth, is that I'd rather have a migraine than another stroke since migraines can be treated with preventive meds and/or meds that help the symptoms once it gets started.
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supert...

a site i frequent as often as i can has some wonderful news for you and the other 30 million people who suffer from migraine headaches! 2005 TED Prize, inventor Robert Fischell has discovered that migraine headaches preceded by an aura, can be "erased", without drugs, with the application of a safe, controlled magnetic pulse as needed by the patient.. here is the link, there is a 20 minute video explaining it fully (skip to 11:00 minutes into it for the migraine info specifically... video was from 2005, so im hoping this technology has been refined by now.. GOOD LUCK http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_fischell_o...
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