Results: Aura Migraine Headaches
1.
1.
Have you ever had an aura migraine headache?
YES
18%
•
329 votes
No, but I know someone that gets them
24%
•
446 votes
I have never heard of them before
58%
•
1051 votes
2.
2.
If you answered yes, what symptoms do you get with an aura migraine headache?
Different colors aura
7%
•
124 votes
Silvery colored aura
7%
•
133 votes
Nausea
13%
•
238 votes
Severe fatigue
8%
•
144 votes
Indigestion
4%
•
72 votes
Numbness and or tingling in extremities
6%
•
106 votes
Trouble speaking
4%
•
67 votes
Mild headache after the aura passes
4%
•
72 votes
Severe headache after the aura passes
8%
•
138 votes
Onset of headache when aura starts
6%
•
116 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
17 votes
Not Applicable
74%
•
1345 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.16% | 2 | |
| Flashing lights | 0.08% | 1 |
| tunnel vision. no periferal vision | 0.08% | 1 |
| shimmers | 0.08% | 1 |
| Never heard of aura migraine | 0.08% | 1 |
| sensitivity to light | 0.08% | 1 |
| zigzag lines | 0.08% | 1 |
| i hear music | 0.08% | 1 |
| light and sound sensitivity | 0.08% | 1 |
| my auras look like lightening streaks | 0.08% | 1 |
| can't see | 0.08% | 1 |
| My eyesight jiggles | 0.08% | 1 |
| Crazy loud echoes accompany even the smallest sound. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I do have them but so far not that severe. | 0.08% | 1 |
| i lose the bottom half of my vision | 0.08% | 1 |
| all over blinding aura | 0.08% | 1 |
3.
3.
If you answered yes, you have had an aura migraine headache, how many days are you effected by it, pre and post.
2 days
12%
•
213 votes
3 days
6%
•
110 votes
4 days
3%
•
50 votes
5 or more days
2%
•
37 votes
NA
78%
•
1416 votes
4.
4.
If you get aura migraine headaches, how often do you get them?
Less then 5 times per year
11%
•
203 votes
More then 5 times per year
8%
•
148 votes
More then once a month
4%
•
73 votes
NA
77%
•
1402 votes
5.
5.
Were you aware that Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" was inspired by the aura migraine headaches he used to get, leading to the clinical name, "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome".
Yes
8%
•
153 votes
No
92%
•
1673 votes
6.
6.
If you do experience aura migraines, had you ever thought that your aura looked like the grin of the Cheshire cat?
Yes
6%
•
117 votes
No
94%
•
1709 votes
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