All the Vital Details About Migraines with Aura

Are you seeking migraine relief in Boise? Before you can get relief, you need to know the enemy better. Migraines affect as many as a billion people around the world. While in the United States, 39 million individuals suffer from it. It features a throbbing and pounding head pain. One in four households in America has at least one person who suffers from episodes of migraines.

Facts About Migraines

• Migraines often run among families. About 90% of migraineurs have a family history of the condition.
• It is the third most widespread condition in the world.
• Migraines usually start during childhood and may get worse throughout the adolescent years.
• Almost 25 % of migraineurs have migraines with aura.

The 2 Types of Migraines
Migraines have two different classifications: 

• A migraine with aura (formerly called classic migraines)
• A migraine without aura (previously called common migraines)

Migraines with aura have two subtypes:

• Basilar-type
• Hemiplegic migraines

Continue reading to learn more about how patients can get migraine relief in Boise whichever migraines type they experience.

What is an Aura?
​It is a neurological disturbance that usually happens right before the head pain sets in and often comes on while in the second phase of migraine attacks. An aura will not occur to all migraine patients. Only 25% of those with migraines experience an aura. Also, they may not even have an aura every time they get migraines. It is also possible to have an aura, yet not followed up with migraine attacks. When this happens, it is called a silent migraine or an acephalgic one.

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Kinds of Auras
Sensory Aura
This kind of aura refers to changes in your other senses. It may occur for a few minutes or as long as a few hours. Also, it only affects about 11% of people with migraines. 

These are the symptoms that occur during a sensory aura:

• Causing a tingling feeling
• Numbness on one side of the body, fingers, or in the head
• A pins and needles sensation
• Odd feeling in the other body parts (the face, tongue, hand, arm, leg, and foot)

 Visual Aura
It is the most common kind of aura. A visual aura describes an optical disturbance or an illusion. Out of those people with migraines, up to 90% experience visual auras. These are symptoms of a visual aura:

• You may see a shape of light that is not there.
• You may have a temporary loss of vision or other changes in your vision.​​

List of Other Aura Symptoms
Many people who are seeking migraine relief in Boise experience these forms of aura symptoms: 

• Allodynia – sensitivity to touch or feel
• Cloudy vision
• Dizziness
• Auditory hallucinations
• Olfactory hallucinations – smelling odors that are not present
• One-sided weakness or paralysis with hemiplegic migraines
• Distortion of perspective and body image (Alice in Wonderland Syndrome)
• Seeing spots, stars, shapes, circles, lines, and halos
• Tunnel vision
• Seeing in three – dimensional effects
• Loss of vision
• Seeing flickering light or flashes of light
• Fortification illusions – seeing zigzag lines or waves
• Vertigo
• Seeing dark areas

Also, a migraine patient’s speech and hearing may become affected. As a result, some people have even reported feeling confused, experiencing memory changes, anxiety and fear, fainting, and even partial paralysis. Thankfully, patients can get migraine relief in Boise naturally with a unique form of chiropractic.

What Causes Migraines with Aura?
Doctors observed people with migraines undergoing an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) while experiencing an aura. They discovered something interesting. There was a cortical spreading distortion seen slowly moving across a part of their brain. It is a change that occurs within the brain caused by a cascade of nerve signals or impulses moving across it and disrupting the brain's regular activity. This occurrence creates a wide array of migraine symptoms.

Avoiding Migraines Triggers
Migraineurs can do things that can help avoid frequent and severe migraine attacks. Thus, medical professionals recommend that migraineurs keep a migraine diary. It can help a great deal in keeping track of your daily activities, what food you took, and what you noticed before a migraine episode appeared. 
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Here are some questions you can answer and record in your migraine journal or diary. 

• Were you stressed?
• Were you excited?
• How was the weather?
• Was it cold or hot?
• Did you exercise more than usual?
• What drinks did you take?

After a few days of writing and recording things down, you may start to see patterns developing. Thus, it will help you discover and avoid your personal migraine triggers. It is a private list because these triggers are different for each individual.

Why Misalignment Can Cause Migraines 
Numerous studies have proven that migraines and misalignment in the top vertebrae of the neck have a crucial connection. A misalignment in this upper cervical spine causes both migraines with and without aura. These two bones of the upper neck, the atlas and axis vertebrae, are designed to add protection for the delicate brainstem. What causes misalignment here? 

There are a few possible causes for misalignment in the upper cervical spine:

• Car accident
• Sporting injuries (accidents and overusing the muscles of the neck)
• Slipping, tripping, and falling incidents
• Whiplash
• Neck or head trauma or injury

Once a misalignment occurs, the vertebrae will start putting pressure on the brainstem, which leads to migraine headaches. It can be due to improper signals transmitted to and from the brain. Also, it can be due to the bones that block the fluids essential to the brain's proper function. Further, both these conditions can cause migraines.

Natural And Non-Invasive Migraine Relief in Boise ID
Here at Upper Cervical Health Centers Boise, we use a gentle procedure that can encourage proper alignment of the bones of the neck. Our upper cervical chiropractors use a non-invasive, safe, and natural method of adjustment that will allow the body to heal properly from the damage caused by the misaligned bones. Numerous patients already experienced long-term migraine relief from upper cervical chiropractic care.

Try it and say goodbye to your migraine episodes. Call us at (208) 559-0541 or fill out our contact form to see for yourself the benefits that upper cervical care can offer.

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