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203:) in one eye lasting less than one hour. During some episodes, the visual loss may occur with no headache and at other times throbbing headache on the same side of the head as the visual loss may occur, accompanied by severe light sensitivity and/or nausea. Visual loss tends to affect the entire monocular visual field of one eye, not both eyes. After each episode, normal vision returns.
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313:People with an underlying disease (
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187:and are also commonly termed
185:cortical spreading depression
123:Cortical spreading depression
804:Post-dural-puncture headache
143:Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
138:Familial hemiplegic migraine
89:Varies from person to person
16:Medical condition of the eye
827:Medication overuse headache
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331:antiphospholipid syndrome
319:hardening of the arteries
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240:It may be triggered by:
260:Oral contraceptive pill
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874:Postherpetic neuralgia
864:Cold-stimulus headache
682:Mixed tension migraine
462:"Genetics in Migraine"
420:Curr Pain Headache Rep
229:) suddenly narrowing (
396:Scintillating scotoma
211:scintillating scotoma
189:scintillating scotoma
879:Tolosa–Hunt syndrome
849:Trigeminal neuralgia
735:Thunderclap headache
335:giant cell arteritis
307:People aged under 40
854:Occipital neuralgia
730:Hemicrania continua
652:Familial hemiplegic
391:Entoptic phenomenon
323:sickle cell disease
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402:References
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764:Secondary
370:recurrent
363:Prognosis
350:Treatment
342:Diagnosis
270:Hay fever
166:ischaemia
86:Frequency
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822:Hangover
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380:See also
374:infarcts
327:epilepsy
265:Exercise
195:Symptoms
162:headache
159:migraine
108:Migraine
99:Migraine
841:ICHD 13
702:Cluster
677:Tension
630:Primary
538:24 June
250:Smoking
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