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basilar type migraine

It’s one of the strangest types of migraine around: Basilar type migraine. People with this type of migraine can be misdiagnosed very easily.  They might be diagnosed with epilepsy.  Or, they might even appear to be drunk, or under the influence of drugs! Since it’s first diagnosis in 1961, we’ve learnt a lot about basilar [...]

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Vestibular Migraine – Why the confusion?

by James on 25 October 2008

It’s been in the news a lot lately – vestibular migraine.  You can be excused if you’ve never heard of such a thing before.  It’s not that lots of people don’t have it – in fact, I have a friend that does.  The confusion lies in the name. Vestibular Migraine is not the official name [...]

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Vertigo – could it be migraine?

by James on 19 September 2005

Vertigo, the feeling that the world is spinning or that you’re about to fall, often goes hand in hand with headaches.  Neurologist Dr Lee Moon Ken recently wrote this helpful article about vertigo, in which he talks among other things about the connection to headache. In their book Migraine and Other Headaches, Drs Young and [...]

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