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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Silent Migraines

This is a broad name for migraines that do not cause pain. They seem to be reported by some people with MS and the visual symptoms sometimes make people think that they are having an episode of optic neuritis.

There is some debate in the medical literature about whether these are even appropriately called migraines. Regardless of the eventual resolution of that debate, having a visual or silent migraine can be very disturbing...especially for folks with MS who may fear that they are having ON. Fortunately, the symptoms usually last for an hour or two or even less. And, unlike ON, there is no pain associated with silent or optical migraines.

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Posted by: Peg Shepherd, RN at 11:33 AM

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