Video 1. Visual aura of migraine

Video-1 shows a visual aura from migraine headache like that suffered by Lashley and reported in 1941. "Normal vision" is transferred to the occipital brain cortex. The visual migraine aura begins with a "visual obscuration," or positive (pink stippling) alteration in vision that is followed by a loss (gray) of vision. This change took 22 minutes to cross his visual field, a distance of 67 mm in occipital cortex. Accordingly, Lashley concluded his migraine aura traveled at 3 millimeters/minute, an unheard of slow rate. (This video was created with the assistance of Mr. Dale Mertes from the University of Chicago.)

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[reskawannabe]

I'm a med student and this is whats happening to me recently. It's pretty disabling since I got some attacks when I was having my exam (and ended up trying so hard to answer the questions with limited visual field). went to my teacher and he prescribed me medicine to control this. anyway, the aura gave us time to take drugs before the pain cane. works for me, though I also take other medicine to reduce the frequency of the attacks

[rkraig]

Good plan and good luck with your studies. 

[dOoMnX]

Same for me.

[seniferreira]

omg I understand you so much! But I only started to have migraines and visual aura when I was 14 or 15, and by that same time I started to have lots of floaters too. I also think it sucks, but we have to live with it, oh well...

[rkraig]

Many treatments to try. Seeing a headache specialist might help. Good luck.

[tnbourne]

Imitrex works well for the pain, but it has its own host of unpleasant side effects. It is also VERY expensive if you don't have insurance.

[rkraig]

Not cured but certainly "controlled."

[rkraig]

many more things to do. See a headache doc for a wide range of ideas.

[rkraig]

That's a good time to treat. Try to see a headache specialist to get some ideas on how to best treat you headaches. Good luck.

[frythedeliveryguy]

I've had migraines since I was 5. According to Doctors. I'm 34 now. I still get one 3-4 times a month. When I was 5, they did a slew of tests, only to end up saying "take ibuprofen". Sigh.

I did discover BC headache powders work pretty well. But, surely after 29 years they could tell me something more than 'take ibuprofen"