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Silent migraine is one of those migraines that do not
include a headache. As strange as it may sound, it's actually not all
that unusual. Over the years, silent migraine has gone by other names,
including acephalgic migraine, sans-migraine, migraine equivalent, eye
migraine, visual migraine, ocular migraine, painless migraine or simply
migraine aura without headache. Today, it's usually called migraine aura
without headache.
Treatment of silent migraine:
Rare or mild occurrences of silent migraines may
not require migraine headache treatments at all, but when migraine
symptoms are debilitating, there is help required.
Abortive drugs are often helpful.Sometimes,
something as simple as aspirin can stop the effect of migraine triggers.
Usually, you want something that is fast acting, such as a beta-agonist
inhalent (such as isoproterenol). Some other helpful medications are
sublingual (under the tongue) nitroglycerin, meclofenamate, and naproxen
sodium. For prevention, calcium channel blockers, used for migraine
headache relief, may also be helpful. Anti-seizure drugs are sometimes
tried, such as topiramate. Consulting your headache specialist and
maintaining your headache diary are advisable and you must also know
about the range of migraine medications available today.
Remember that silent migraine is still basically migraine. It's a common
misconception that migraine is simply a bad headache. It's actually a
neurological disease, and headache is only one of the possible symptoms.
There are various types of treatment for different kinds of migraines,
silent migraine included. Even if a regular headache medicine and
natural headache relief measures do not work with you, one of the
several medications available would surely work. No need to suffer
anymore, see a specialist at the earliest.
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