Aura: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Aura

This article reports a case of exploding head syndrome (EHS) as an aura of migraine with brainstem aura (MBA). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] and migraine without aura: a preliminary study. [doi.org]

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

The uncommon, isolated psychic symptoms associated with it suggests that ADLTE encompasses a wider range of auras of temporal origin than hitherto reported. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] it is the rarest type of aura. [en.m.wikipedia.org]

Auras are variable in symptomatology, and include: viscerosensory aura typically from lesions of the amygdala or insular cortex psychic (experienced) aura typically from limbic [radiopaedia.org]

Uncinate Seizure

(to smell) and aura (breeze, smell). [medicine.academic.ru]

Auras often provide valuable localization information but not useful lateralization features [104]. Orgasmic auras represent a useful exception. [hindawi.com]

Complex auditory auras arise from the temporoparietal junction. Musicogenic seizures may have an acoustic aura: two types of events have been described. [karger.com]

Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures

Ecstatic feelings Headache Increased agitation Insomnia Irritability Lightheadedness Mood changes AURAS Auras are actually a small partial seizure that is often followed by [epilepsytalk.com]

During video-EEG monitoring two seizures began with the usual aura of dizziness. [jnnp.bmj.com]

Symptoms of a Tonic-Clonic (Grand Mal) Seizure Aura The seizure may start with a simple or complex partial seizure known as an aura. [hopkinsmedicine.org]

Epileptic Aura

Ninety-seven percent of the auras without EEG changes, 94% of the auras with unilateral EEG changes, and 73% of the auras with bilateral EEG changes during the aura were remembered [n.neurology.org]

You’re at high risk of big seizures.’ ” The Benefits of Auras An aura can be a good thing, specialists agree. [uchealth.com]

Patient discussion about aura Q. Can visual aura alone be migraine? [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Focal-Onset Impaired-Awareness Seizure

Abstract A man with a grade II astrocytoma in the medial frontal lobe exhibited complex partial seizures, with the aura being a feeling of extreme embarrassment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Overview MeSH Major Affective Symptoms Seizures abstract A man with a grade II astrocytoma in the medial frontal lobe exhibited complex partial seizures, with the aura being [vivo.med.cornell.edu]

Some also described feeling frightened when having an aura and one young man compared his aura to an anxiety attack. A few people said they'd never had an aura. [healthtalk.org]

Epilepsy

These can be broken down into sensory auras, in which only a sensation is present, and experiential auras, which are more complex. [verywell.com]

Aura Stage For some types of seizures, an aura happens before a seizure and may alert a person that a seizure may occur. [uchospitals.edu]

Here Prince Myshkin describes the onset of a seizure with an ecstatic aura. [charge.org.uk]

Hemiplegic Migraine

Hemiplegic migraine is a rare form of migraine with aura characterized by motor aura. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The aura was regarded as mystical by the patient. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sporadic hemiplegic migraine is a rare form of migraine associated with motor weakness during the aura phase. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Familial Focal Epilepsy with Variable Foci

Some patients can present an aura previous to the seizure or show automatisms (unconscious behaviors) during the seizures, which can take place both during wakefulness or [amplexa.com]

[…] most frequent manifestation, but they have a different pattern in FPEVF as compared to that observed in ADNFLE ( Table 1 ): The seizures are less frequent, clusters and auras [neupsykey.com]

Many patients have an aura and show automatisms during the seizures, whereas others may have nocturnal seizures. There is often secondary generalization. [genecards.org]

Familial Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

Mesial Temporal lobe epilepsies Familial Lateral Temporal lobe Epilepsy - Autosomal Dominant Epilepsy with Auditory features (Familial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy with Auditory Auras [swedish.org]

[…] group of muscles Jerks can involve any group of muscles: arm, face > legs Atonic Seizures: Begin in the late infancy; may start in adolescence Sudden loss of muscle tone; no aura [neurodiffdx.com]

Delasiauve (1854), Reynolds (1861), Féré (1890), Binswanger (1899), and Gowers (1902) described sudden starts or jerks as expressions of motor prodromes, auras, or abortive [neupsykey.com]

Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure

This is called an aura. The aura can take various forms - for example, odd movements, odd sensations, or intense emotions. [patient.info]

Symptoms of a Tonic-Clonic (Grand Mal) Seizure Aura The seizure may start with a simple or complex partial seizure known as an aura. [hopkinsmedicine.org]

Aura: An aura or warning is the first symptom of a seizure and is considered part of the seizure. Often the aura is an indescribable feeling. [epilepsy.com]

Cervicogenic Headache

The diagnosis of migraine without aura ("common migraine") poses greater problems than the diagnosis of migraine with aura. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Typical migraine traits, e.g. photophobia, were much less frequently present in T-TH and CEH than in migraine without aura. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Furthermore, it is a common belief that in migraine without aura (MwoA), neck symptoms frequently occur and that MwoA and CEH may pathogenetically be intimately related. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Migrainous Stroke

It can occur in a migraine with aura attack that's like previous attacks, except that one or more aura symptoms last longer than 60 minutes. [healthcentral.com]

"Migraine with aura is associated with a twofold increased risk for ischemic stroke compared to people without migraine, while migraine without aura does not appear to change [abcnews.go.com]

When they compared migraine with aura patients to those who had migraine without aura, researchers found: Overall, migraine with aura patients were 2.4 times more likely to [heart.org]

Chronic Daily Headaches

A total of five migraine attacks with visual aura were studied. [doi.org]

Chronic daily headaches (CDH) consist of episodes of head pain occurring daily; more than 15 days each month; often associated with a history of migraine, with or without aura [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Visual aurae are present in 84% of patients with migraine with aura. [doi.org]

Versive Seizure

Epileptic Aura Some epilepsy sufferers experience auras prior to generalized seizures or independently of them. Auras present as variety of different sensations. [doctorstrizhak.com]

At onset of hypermotor seizure 39; 14 Rt TL Rt temporal lobectomy Engel class 1 (5 years) Neuronal heterotopia H4. (24 years/F), onset: 16 years MRI: normal Aura (feels hot [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

 Motor seizure Epileptic Seizure  Motor sphere Prominent Features Semiological Seizure Classification Lüders et al. (1998)  Aura  Dialeptic seizure  (Autonomic aura [slideshare.net]

Focal Motor Seizure

What are auras?Expand What are auras? Section For some people, the first symptom of a seizure may be an aura. [epilepsyontario.org]

[…] contractions in one area of the body), somatosensory and sensory alterations manifested by abnormal numbness, paresthesias or other hallucinations, including several types of aura [fpnotebook.com]

Simple Focal Seizures (Auras) Simple focal seizures, also known as auras, occur in one area on one side of the brain, but may spread from there. [hopkinsmedicine.org]

Jacksonian Seizure

Q: What is an aura? A: Before the onset of a seizure some people experience a sensation or warning called an “aura.” [epilepsy-ohio.org]

When this is the case, the focal aware seizure is usually called an aura. [en.wikipedia.org]

An aura may occur far enough in advance to give the person time to avoid possible injury. The type of aura experienced varies from person to person. [epilepsy-ohio.org]

Classic Migraine

Er migrene med aura arvelig?. [duo.uio.no]

Abstract Migraine with aura (MA) and migraine without aura (MO) are primary headaches prevalent in the general population that carry a substantial familial liability. [duo.uio.no]

Hemiplegic Migraines Aura An aura refers to an array of psychological or neurological disturbances that occur shortly before a migraine onset. [amoils.com]

Basilar Migraine

Migraine with brainstem aura is often more debilitating than migraine with typical aura due to aura intensity, number of symptoms and longer length. [americanmigrainefoundation.org]

[…] with brainstem aura. [ichd-3.org]

Diagnostic Criteria of Migraine with Brainstem Aura (ICHD-3) (1) Attacks fulfilling criteria for 1.2. migraine with aura and criterion B below (2) Aura with both of the following [medlink.com]

Migraine Equivalent

Migraine with aura without headache (migraine equivalents) Migraine with prolonged aura Migraine with typical aura Retinal migraine Migraine with aura G43.10 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis [icd10data.com]

Most likely what you have experienced is a migraine with aura accounting for approximately 20% of all migraines. [coopervision.com]

Some patients may report only the visual symptomatology of migraine aura without any associated headache. [aao.org]

Abdominal Epilepsy

Auras of somatic and visceral sensibility are commonly experienced as part of the epileptic sequence of events, and their divers varieties have been fully described in a prolific [doi.org]

For example, temporal lobe epileptic seizures frequently begin with an aura. An aura is actually a mild seizure, which precedes the primary seizure. [abdominalepilepsy.blogspot.com]

The "sensory march" of the jacksonian fit and the variegated epigastric aura represent the sensory component of what may or may not terminate in the motor expression of the [doi.org]

Migraine without Aura

There are two major types of migraines: migraines with aura and migraine without aura. [migraine.com]

aura. [achenet.org]

The common migraine, also known as Migraine without Aura (MWOA), is the most common type of migraine. [headachemd.net]

Patent Foramen Ovale

Two neurologists diagnosed migraine with or without aura according to the International Headache Criteria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

However, the benefits of PFO closure are less certain in patients with migraine without aura (MwoA). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the efficacy of percutaneous PFO closure as a therapy for migraine with or without aura. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cluster Headache

[…] n = 14; without aura n = 19), and no headache ( n = 48). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There are two types of migraine headache: migraine with aura and migraine without aura. [belmarrahealth.com]

Human provocation studies show PACAP38 induces migraine attacks in migraine patients without aura and marked and sustained dilation of extracerebral arteries. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CADASIL Syndrome

migraine with acute onset aura, migraine with prolonged aura and retinal migraine [1, 4, 6–8]. [link.springer.com]

This indicates that migraine without aura in the absence of MRI abnormalities may represent an early initial symptom of CADASIL, which is difficult to diagnose in the absence [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] prolonged auras. [medium.com]

Infantile Convulsions and Choreoathetosis

The association with other paroxysmal disorders such as migraine, with or without aura, hemiplegic migraine, episodic ataxia and tics has also been described. [orpha.net]

[…] patient had repetitive stereotypiessuch as body rocking and head rolling and palpebraland facial tics, which disappeared after few months.Sporadic attacks of migraine without aura [docslide.com.br]

Postictal State

Ecstatic feelings Headache Increased agitation Insomnia Irritability Lightheadedness Mood changes AURAS Auras are actually a small partial seizure that is often followed by [epilepsytalk.com]

the following is a prosaic deconstruction of the physiopathology associated with temporo-parietal seizures with aura. [lopezdonado.bandcamp.com]

Aura An aura is a subjective sensation and is a simple partial seizure (ie, the initial part during which the patient is aware). [emedicine.medscape.com]

Exertional Headache

[…] a double diagnosis, although there are anecdotal reports of attacks of migraine with aura shortly after sports. [thejournalofheadacheandpain.biomedcentral.com]

G43.1 Migraine with aura G43.10 Migraine with aura, not intractable G43.101 Migraine with aura, not intractable, with sta... [icd10data.com]

Persistent aura A typical migraine aura usually lasts 20-60 minutes. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Ocular Migraine

The visual aura is most often not associated with a headache, however an aura can precede the classic migraine headache. [drmalara.com]

#Migraine #Aura #Visionloss [youtube.com]

Most likely what you have experienced is a migraine with aura accounting for approximately 20% of all migraines. [coopervision.com]

Abdominal Migraine

They were compared with the responses from a number of control groups, including a group diagnosed as childhood migraine with or without aura. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

IBS and AM patients may also experience an aura. Often, their pain begins slowly and then escalates. If the pain starts slowly, that can be the equivalent of an aura. [jefflazarusmd.com]

These are also referred to as migraine with aura (classic) and migraine without aura (common). [migrelief.com]