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> seeing those 'squirlly refractive light worms' in my vision that some people with severe migraines get Those worms are simptom that the migraine is coming, I
by usaphp 9y ago
> seeing those 'squirlly refractive light worms' in my vision that some people with severe migraines get
Those worms are simptom that the migraine is coming, I had terrible headache several hours after I saw this light worms.
- mrob 9y agoThe medical name for the light worms is "scintillating scotoma". The Wikipedia article includes some artist's impressions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma
- alex_hitchins 9y agoSame here. I get visual disturbances that alert me to take the sumatriptan right away. Sometimes there will be no immediate migrane but given how incapacitating they are when they do happen, I medicate whenever I experience the black and white mirror ball start spinning.
- himlion 9y agoI get these about twice a month, but luckily never headaches afterwards like some. After some googling it seems to be: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acephalgic_migraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acephalgic_migraine