5 Significant Symptoms Indicates Your Migraine is Harmful

August 25, 2022

Migraine is a disease that will make you feel pain in one side of your head and also in the back of your eyes. Some people will take the migraine easy but it can give a big impact on your life such as missing work, school, or many more.

Serious migraine only appear rarely so you don’t need to be afraid but still watch it properly. It can be a serious condition where you should go to the emergency room (ER) because you can’t handle the pain. Here are the symptoms where you should go to the ER as soon as possible for curing your migraine.

1. High Fever

Fever is not a part of a common migraine attack so there should be something wrong if it comes simultaneously. Having a fever can be a sign of your body when it attacks the infection in some parts. It can indicate a viral or bacterial infection near the spinal cord or protective membrane on the brain.

The inflammation can be dangerous to your body and the infection can be more threatening. Depending on the situation, if you had a high fever and migraine at the same time, it will be better if you go to the doctor for help.

2. Changes to Speech or Vision

Changes in vision while migraine can be the symptoms of ocular migraine. It can be very confusing because it can refer to two different conditions, migraine aura which is not serious, and also a serious one called optic migraine.

When you also had problems with speech during the migraine, it can be the symptoms of migraine aura. It will be a serious problem if the symptoms appear along the phase of migraine so you should seek the doctor.

3. Migraine for 3 Days Consecutively

Usually, a migraine only happens in 4 to 72 hours, and more than that would be a sign of a serious condition. This can be the symptoms of chronic migraine and it is a harmful condition.

4. Experience More than 15 Days a Month

Another sign of harmful migraine is when it comes to you for more than 15 days within a month. The doctors classified it as a chronic migraine that can be align to several serious health problems.

This symptom may lead you to a higher risk of stroke or another deathly disease in the future. If the migraine comes regularly, then talk to your doctor about it as soon as possible.

5. Muscle Weakness

Even though this happens very rarely, muscle weakness with migraine is classified as hemiplegic migraine and it is a serious type of migraine.

The symptoms might look like a stroke condition where you can’t move some parts of your body temporarily. You should get serious attention to this condition because you can get temporary paralysis body under unpredictable conditions.

Even though harmful migraine appears rarely, the condition of migraine attacks also can be dangerous, especially in elder people. Make sure you avoid anything that can trigger a migraine such as drinking alcohol, sleeplessness, or stress. If it keeps happening, you can visit The Chiro House and get the best treatment to oget rid of migraine.

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