There, after blood tests and scans, she was diagnosed with hemiplegic migraines - a rare condition affecting just one in 10,000 people. These migraines cause stroke-like symptoms, also described ...

It is important to distinguish them in some clinical situations, especially hemiplegic migraine from migraine that triggers FND with weakness but there are no systematic, and limited narrative reviews ...

Copyright: © 2024 Published by Elsevier Ltd. A genetic cause of familial hemiplegic migraine was first identified less than 20 years ago by a team at Leiden ...

However, understanding potential triggers could help reduce the frequency of these painful episodes. Certain foods are known to contain chemicals that can induce migraines, according to NHS advice.

catamenial and hemiplegic migraines. He said it is important for patients to understand the triggers and risk factors of the condition to mitigate the occurrence or reduce their frequency.

Hemiplegic migraine is a rare subtype of migraine with aura, with symptoms affecting vision, speech and language, hearing, and sensory and motor disturbances. Muscle weakness and hemiplegia are ...

The interest in a genetic basis for the disorder has increased after identification of three genetic loci for familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM), which is a rare subtype of MA with autosomal dominant ...

Genetic testing for hemiplegic migraine, mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes along with exome sequencing and high-density microarray did not reveal a cause ...