Basilar artery migraine

Basilar artery migraine: Introduction

Basilar artery migraine: Basilar artery migraine involves a disturbance of a major brain artery at the base of the brain. Preheadache symptoms include vertigo, ... more about Basilar artery migraine.

Basilar artery migraine: Basilar migraine (BM), also known as Bickerstaff syndrome, consists of headache accompanied by dizziness, ataxia, tinnitus, decreased hearing, nausea and vomiting, dysarthria, diplopia, loss of balance, bilateral paresthesias or paresis, altered consciousness, syncope, and sometimes loss of consciousness. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Basilar artery migraine is available below.

Symptoms of Basilar artery migraine

• Headache
• Headache is often preceded by symptoms such as:
  • Vertigo
  • Double vision
  • Poor muscular coordination
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Basilar artery migraine: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Basilar artery migraine

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Basilar artery migraine?

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Basilar artery migraine: Self Assessment Tools

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Basilar artery migraine: Medical Mistakes

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Basilar artery migraine: Undiagnosed Conditions

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  • Bipolar Disorder -- Undiagnosed
  • Schizophrenia -- Undiagnosed
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• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Basilar artery migraine

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack,...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this undiagnosed condition can be fatal. It should...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become...read more »

Leg cramps at night a classic sign: The symptom of having leg muscle cramps, particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes. However, there are also various other causes. See causes of leg...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis. The...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children....read more »

Pituitary conditions often undiagnosed cause of symptoms: There are a variety of symptoms that can be caused by a pituitary disorder (see symptoms of pituitary disorders). For...read more »

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Basilar artery migraine: Research Doctors & Specialists

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  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• Pain Specialists:
  • Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• Arthritis & Joint Health Specialists (Rheumatology):
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  • Pediatric Rheumatology (Child Joint Health)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Basilar artery migraine

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Basilar artery migraine, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Basilar artery migraine: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Rare Types:
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  • Epilepsy -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Basilar artery migraine

• Mutation in the ATP 1A2 gene, similar to FHM, has been reported in members of one family with BM
• more causes...»

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More information about causes of Basilar artery migraine:

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Treatments for Basilar artery migraine

• Trigger avoidance
• Analgesics
• Anti-emetics
• more treatments...»

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News Archives for Basilar artery migraine

Medical news articles related to Basilar artery migraine include:

• Opening Arteries With Drug-Coated Stents OK Over 70
• Stem Cells May Offer New Way to Treat Blocked Arteries
• Drug-Coated Stents Better at Keeping Arteries Open
• Statins May Help Before Artery-Opening Surgery
• Binge Drinking Clogs Arteries With Plaque
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Basilar artery migraine

Medical research articles related to Basilar artery migraine include:

• How common is it for a child of 13 to present with unilateral headache and vertigo; and what is the likely diagnosis?
• Migraine Headache: Pediatric Perspective (Diagnosis)
• Headache: Pediatric Perspective (Overview)
• Migraine Variants (Treatment)
• Migraine Variants (Follow-up)
• Childhood Migraine Variants (Treatment)
• Migraine Headache: Pediatric Perspective (Overview)
• Migraine Headache: Pediatric Perspective (Follow-up)
• more research...»

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Patient Surveys for Basilar artery migraine

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Prognosis for Basilar artery migraine

Prognosis for Basilar artery migraine: The prognosis is generally good. The disorder decreases in frequency as patients enter 20s and 30s.

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Reseach about Basilar artery migraine

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Basilar artery migraine: Broader Related Topics

• Migraine
• Artery conditions
• Head Conditions
• more types...»

Types of Basilar artery migraine

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Article Excerpts about Basilar artery migraine

Basilar artery migraine involves a disturbance of a major brain artery at the base of the brain. Preheadache symptoms include vertigo, double vision, and poor muscular coordination. This type of migraine occurs primarily in adolescent and young adult women and is often associated with the menstrual cycle. (Source: excerpt from Headache - Hope Through Research: NINDS)