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Hemiplegic migraine is a type of migraine headache characterized by motor weakness affecting only one side of the body, accompanied by aura. There is often an impairment in vision, speech, or sensation. It can run in the family, called familial hemiplegic migraine, or in a single individual, called sporadic hemiplegic migraine.
Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is an autosomal dominant type of hemiplegic migraine that typically includes weakness of half the body which can last for hours, days, or weeks. It can be accompanied by other symptoms, such as ataxia , coma , and paralysis.
Migraine with brainstem aura (abbreviated MBA; aka basilar artery migraine, basilar migraine, basilar-type migraine) is a subtype of migraine with aura in which symptoms clearly originate from the brainstem, but no motor weakness. When motor symptoms are present, the subtype is coded as 1.2.3 Hemiplegic migraine.
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Single gene disorders that result in migraines are rare. [6] One of these is known as familial hemiplegic migraine, a type of migraine with aura, which is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. [7] [8] Four genes have been shown to be involved in familial hemiplegic migraine. [9] Three of these genes are involved in ion transport. [9]
Spelling's 14-year-old daughter is home and doing better after suffering stroke-like symptoms.
Middle alternating hemiplegia (also known as Foville Syndrome) typically constitutes weakness of the extremities accompanied by paralysis of the extraocular muscle, specifically lateral rectus, on the opposite side of the affected extremities, which indicates a lesion in the caudal and medial pons involving the abducens nerve root (controls movement of the eye) and corticospinal fibers ...
Actress Tori Spelling has revealed what sent her 14-year-old daughter to the emergency room twice in recent weeks. Spelling, a mom of five, shared on SiriusXM's "Jeff Lewis Live" that her daughter ...