Brainstem aura? I've had migraines since I was about 9. Light and sound sensitivity but no aura (at least to my recollection). Had to stop taking the pill when I was 18 because it triggered a 2 week long migraine. I always thought I had migraines without aura because I never had the visual aura and that's all any doctor asked me about. The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition (ICHD.3) (2018) inserted brainstem headache with aura (BHA) (1.2.2) in the chapter of migraine with aura (1.2). Previously used terms were basilar artery migraine, basilar migraine, or basilar-type migraine. Symptoms clearly originating from the brainstem, without motor There is also a classification of a set of symptoms that are believed to originate in the base of the brain. This is referred to as “brainstem aura.” Mainly affecting children and adolescents, migraine with brainstem aura includes migraine with aura symptoms that originate from the brainstem, but without motor weakness. Migraine is a common, multifactorial, disabling, recurrent, hereditary neurovascular headache disorder. It usually strikes sufferers a few times per year in childhood and then progresses to a few times per week in adulthood, particularly in females. Attacks often begin with warning signs (prodromes) and aura (transient focal neurological symptoms) whose origin is thought to involve the The diagnosis of migraine with brainstem aura (MBA) should also be considered in the presence of auditory symptoms. This diagnosis requires at least two posterior circulation symptoms (vertigo, diplopia, tinnitus, hypacusis, ataxia, or encephalopathy) lasting between 5 to 60 min (i.e., the aura), followed by a migraine headache [5••]. most aura symptoms last up to one hour - however motor symptoms are often longer lasting (3) with aura symptoms arising from the brainstem are coded as "Migraine with brainstem aura", but they almost always have additional typical aura symptoms; when aura includes motor weakness, the disorder should be coded as " Hemiplegic migraine" or one of These symptoms are classified as brainstem aura because they are believed to be produced by dysfunction of the regions of the base of the brain called the brainstem. In most cases, the migraine aura may progress from visual symptoms to sensory symptoms, to language and motor symptoms — in some sequence over the course of several minutes. In Both an MS relapse and migraine with aura can come with changes in vision, but there typically are key differences, says Yacoub. About 25 to 30 percent of people with migraine experience aura 3JqirtR.