Why does a a migraine headache cause you to lose eye sight for a period of time?
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Actually, contrary to the other answers, the brain has no nerves and can sense no pain. What you feel is the slight swelling (dilating-as opposed to constricting) blood vessels hitting the very sensitive nerves surrounding your brain, which can feel the slightest bit of pressure and respond with pain. Some of these vessels are around your optic (eye) nerves which affect your sight and causes the aura or other visual disturbances. Caffiene is a natural way of constricting the blood vessels back if you don't have migraines severely or very often. A couple sodas or an excedrine will do the trick rather than just treating the pain with a pain pill.
If this is new to you, I suggest you see your GP or a neurologist to confirm what you are experiencing is a migraine and not a TSA (mini stroke) or other more serious issue.
More info can be found at http://familydoctor.org/127.xml.
Because a migraine headache is actually a physical spasm of the brain. Sometimes the spasm affects the part of the brain that controls eye-sight, causing you to lose it until the spasm is over.
I concur.
Headache is a pain in the head, scalp or
neck. Headaches can becaused by minor problems like
eyestrain, lack of coffee or moreserious reasons like
head injury, brain tumors, encephalitis andmeningitis.
Taking painkillers continuously can have harmful side
effects, so it is better to modify your lifestyle. More information
available at http://tinyurl.com/q8696
http://www.neurologyreviews.com/feb04/nr.
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