THE CLINICAL SYNDROME
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
A migraine headache is, by definition, only experienced on one side of the head. Even though the side of the head that hurts may switch with each episode, a headache is never on both sides when it first starts.
Migraine headaches typically cause pain around or behind the eye, known as periorbital or retroorbital pain.
A migraine with prolonged aura is characterized by neurologic dysfunction that lasts for more than 24 hours and carries the same name.
Migraines with complex auras are even less common than migraines with prolonged auras. Significant neurologic dysfunction, which may include phasia or hemiplegia, is experienced by patients who have migraines with complex auras.
Patients who suffer from migraines with complex auras have an increased risk of developing long-term neurologic deficits, similar to patients who have migraines with prolonged auras.
TESTING
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
TREATMENT
Abortive Therapy
Prophylactic Therapy
COMPLICATIONS AND PITFALLS