Migraine overview
A migraine is a headache that can purpose intense throbbing suffering or a pulsing sensation, typically on one facet of the head. It's often accompanied with the aid of nausea, vomiting, and excessive sensitivity to mild and sound. Migraine assaults can closing for hours to days, and the discomfort can be so excessive that it interferes with your each day activities. For some people, a warning symptom viewed as an air of secrecy takes location until now than or with the headache. An air of secrecy can consist of visible disturbances, such as flashes of mild or blind spots, or different disturbances, such as tingling on one thing of the face or in an arm or leg and concern speaking.
My experience-I got diagnosed with AVM
I don't know when it actually started but I've been having migraines with visual aura for a very very long time. I'm female, 24 years old. Since I started to track the occurrences, I notice my migraines quite align with my menstrual cycle, then I believed the culprit is hormonal change. I get migraines 1-2 times a month, either or both before and after period. Mild ones last for couple of hours and severe ones up to a week with multiple attacks. I'm not taking any medicine on a regular basis, but I use supplements like fish oil, ginkgo biloba and Magnesium at recommended daily intake dose. I also don't take painkillers during attacks, instead I try to lie down and rest in dark room waiting for it to be over. Sometimes it's so unbearable that I have to cry and whine to soothe myself through it, other times I can put up with it.
Today marks the day I finally meet and greet the root cause (most likely) of my chronic headache. I decided to consult a neurologist and have an MRI scan. It shows that I'm having AVM (arteriovenous malformation) near parietal and occipital lobes, the nidus is 6.2cm in diameter, grade IV in Spetzler - Martin scale (translated from my language to English so maybe I don't get the proper terms here and there). The neurologist suggested I consider invasive procedures.
Honestly I'm neither happy nor unhappy with this result, or maybe I don't know how to feel about it yet. I've been reading about migraines a lot ever since I knew about the word "migraine" but this is something I never came across before, I'm worried and also scared. On the other hand, it is such a great relief that it's not a tumour or anything more dreadful, and the neurologist also reassured me that I'm still on safe side.
That's my journey so far. Since after I got my diagnosis, it feels like I'm moving on to the next chapter with my migraines, it makes me so eager to share my story to people having the same experience, the same suffering over all this time. I really appreciate it if you're still reading until here. If you're someone with expertise, I'd be thankful to hear your thoughts on my conditions.
Hope you have a pain-free day today!
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