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Condition: Hemiplegic Migraine

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About Hemiplegic Migraine

Hemiplegic migraine is a severe headache that causes weakness in half of the body during the aura phase of the migraine, which is the pre-migraine stage involving perceptual disturbances. Hemiplegic migraine symptoms can appear similar to those of a stroke, and often causes temporary paralysis on one side of the body. A hemiplegic migraine does not cause any permanent damage to the nerves. A hemiplegic migraine can be extremely severe but rare, and are one type of migraine with aura. A hemiplegic migraine can also impact speech, vision, and hearing. Often, hemiplegic migraine will first appear in childhood but sometimes disappear by adulthood.

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during a migraine l have trouble concentrating, find my words, doing simple tasks and l get frustrated, angry and upset very quickly 3/14/2012 at 07:44 PM
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With every migraine l get numbness and weakness in my right arm this weakness usually continues days after migraine has subsided3/14/2012 at 07:42 PM
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l loose peripheral vision right side, l also get distorted or hazy or blurred vision and like and old television being tuned in l get like electromagnetic lines move through my vision from top right to bottom left specifically with closed eyes3/14/2012 at 07:38 PM
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The ringing in the ears usually is a prelude to the migraine then goes when migraine kicks in then comes back at height of migraine3/14/2012 at 07:33 PM
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This is a major one for me. 3/14/2012 at 07:31 PM
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