- Preface
- Contributors
- 1 Hormonal Contraception in a Woman with Headache
- 2 A Young Woman with Jerking Movements
- 3 Headache
- 4 Seeing Spots
- 5 Seizures Occurring Once a Month
- 6 Multiple Ovarian Cysts in a Woman with Epilepsy
- 7 Newlywed with Headache, Morning Sickness, and Subjective Right-side Weakness
- 8 Routine Long-Term Epilepsy Follow-up
- 9 A Young Woman with Infertility
- 10 A Woman with Weight Gain and Fatigue
- 11 A 27-Year-Old Woman with Epilepsy Planning for Pregnancy
- 12 What Imaging Test Do I Order?
- 13 A Lady with a Headache in the First Trimester
- 14 A Lady with a Headache in the Second Trimester
- 15 Ringing in the Ears and Pain in the Head
- 16 A Pregnant Woman with Aphasia and Right-Sided Weakness
- 17 Postpartum Visual Disturbance
- 18 Postpartum Thunderclap Headache
- 19 Postpartum Left-Sided Numbness and Right-Sided Shaking
- 20 Acute Headache in Pregnancy
- 21 The Worst Headache of Her Life
- 22 A Woman in Labor with Hypotension and Dyspnea After Epidural Placement
- 23 Weakness in the Hand of a Woman During Pregnancy
- 24 A Woman with Leg Weakness after Delivery
- 25 A Young Woman with Double Vision and Fatigue
- 26 Multiple Sclerosis
- 27 A Mother Who Could Not See Her Baby
- 28 “I Am Pregnant; Why Can’t I Sleep?”
- 29 Convulsion in a Pregnant Woman
- 30 Cognitive Concerns
- 31 “Will I Have a Stroke?”
- 32 Involuntary Movements
- 33 Memory Concerns in Middle Age
- 34 Pain in the Back
- Index
(p. 19) Seeing Spots
- Chapter:
- (p. 19) Seeing Spots
- Author(s):
Regina Krel
, and Paul G. Mathew
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190609917.003.0004
Migraine and its association with stroke is a topic that has received much attention due to the high prevalence of migraine and the often devastating outcomes of stroke. There is a nearly two-fold increased risk of stroke in patients with migraine. In addition, this risk is higher in younger adults, particularly women under 45 years old, and in those with increased frequency of migraine with aura attacks. This chapter seeks to explore migraine-induced stroke, migrainous infarction, as well as the risk associated with ischemic stroke in patients with migraines. Furthermore, proposed mechanisms for stroke related to migraine, such as cortical spreading depression, arterial dissection, and patent foramen ovale, will be discussed.
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- Preface
- Contributors
- 1 Hormonal Contraception in a Woman with Headache
- 2 A Young Woman with Jerking Movements
- 3 Headache
- 4 Seeing Spots
- 5 Seizures Occurring Once a Month
- 6 Multiple Ovarian Cysts in a Woman with Epilepsy
- 7 Newlywed with Headache, Morning Sickness, and Subjective Right-side Weakness
- 8 Routine Long-Term Epilepsy Follow-up
- 9 A Young Woman with Infertility
- 10 A Woman with Weight Gain and Fatigue
- 11 A 27-Year-Old Woman with Epilepsy Planning for Pregnancy
- 12 What Imaging Test Do I Order?
- 13 A Lady with a Headache in the First Trimester
- 14 A Lady with a Headache in the Second Trimester
- 15 Ringing in the Ears and Pain in the Head
- 16 A Pregnant Woman with Aphasia and Right-Sided Weakness
- 17 Postpartum Visual Disturbance
- 18 Postpartum Thunderclap Headache
- 19 Postpartum Left-Sided Numbness and Right-Sided Shaking
- 20 Acute Headache in Pregnancy
- 21 The Worst Headache of Her Life
- 22 A Woman in Labor with Hypotension and Dyspnea After Epidural Placement
- 23 Weakness in the Hand of a Woman During Pregnancy
- 24 A Woman with Leg Weakness after Delivery
- 25 A Young Woman with Double Vision and Fatigue
- 26 Multiple Sclerosis
- 27 A Mother Who Could Not See Her Baby
- 28 “I Am Pregnant; Why Can’t I Sleep?”
- 29 Convulsion in a Pregnant Woman
- 30 Cognitive Concerns
- 31 “Will I Have a Stroke?”
- 32 Involuntary Movements
- 33 Memory Concerns in Middle Age
- 34 Pain in the Back
- Index
