Ocular Migraine Symptoms
An ocular migrane is a fairly rare form of headache which is reasonably short lived and often last less that an hour - in contrast to a normal migraine which typically lasts anywhere from 4 to 72 hours. Although it is called a headache and is often accompanied by pain (usually in the form of a dull ache felt behind the effected eye or both eyes) an ocular migraine can be pain free. Ocular migraine sufferers do however experience the visual effects associated with the ‘aura’ of a classical migraine and this will include bright and flashing lights which often start in the center of your field of vision and then spread outward. These visual effects will often produce a hole in your field of vision which, as it grows, can move from partial to full blindness while the attack is underway. In almost all cases once an attack passes there are no lasting or permanent effects.