Video Series on Migraine

1. The Experience of Migraine

• What you see and feel.
• Features of the Headache, the Visual Aura and the Sensory Aura.
• Overview of the Mechanism.

2. Migraine Clinical

• As a medical condition, the Headache and Aura are usually distinctive. Sometimes there is the need to distinguish between migraine and retinal detachment or stroke.
• Women who have Migraine with Aura have increased risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. That is increased with smoking and oral contraceptives.
• Overview of treatment of acute attacks and prevention.

3. Migraine Mechanism

• What is going on inside your head to make the aura and headache.
• The mechanism of the Aura is Cortical Spreading Depression.
• There are two main theories of the mechanism of the Headache.