Are these visual symptoms due to migraine? A guide for general practice

Migraine in general practice.

MIGRAINE does not kill. It produces painful, incapacitating attacks that last for hours and which with agonising regularity disrupt the normal pattern of life. This essay deals with the identification and treatment of trigger factors, which in a susceptible individual provoke a disabling paroxysmal headache. Trigger factors as diverse as stress, hunger, alcohol, fatigue, menstruation, oral cont...

A Guide to Obstetrics in General Practice

This book contains information and instruction for the general practitioner. Apparently the book has been written with an eye to the nature of the information required by the practitioners as indicated in the ' Any Question' column in the British Medical Journal. The informations provided are entirely practical in nature. The theoretical discussions have been purposely kept out. To illustrate t...

Migraine in general practice.

THE natural history of migraine raises many problems for clinicians. The main features of the syndrome are well known and have been described in medical and lay literature from early times. Nevertheless, there are many difficulties which need to be resolved, and it was only in April 1969 that the World Federation of Neurologists was able to agree on a definition of what symptoms constituted an ...

Retinal migraine: migraine associated with monocular visual symptoms.

CASE This 25-year-old man reports a 12-year history of similar headaches occurring about one or 2 times monthly. He develops a left or right temple throbbing which is mild at first and later becomes a 10/10 associated with nausea, vomiting, light and noise sensitivity. About 30 minutes after the onset of all of the headaches, he develops sudden total darkness where he cannot see in the eye cont...

Symptoms in general practice.