abdominal aura
abdominal migraine

The abdominal aura can be classified as a somatic or coenesthetic hallucination.

Pathophysiologically, the abdominal aura is associated with aberrant neuronal discharges in sensory cortical areas representing the abdominal viscera.

Abdominal aura (also known as visceral aura and epigastric aura) is used to denote a type of somatosensory or somaesthetic aura that typically manifests itself as a rising epigastric sensation.

Other presentations of the abdominal aura include viscerosensitive sensations such as abdominal discomfort, visceromotor symptoms presenting in the form of tachycardia, borborygmi or vomiting, and vegetative symptoms such as blushing and sweating.

Usually, abdominal migraines stop by the time children become teenagers.

Abdominal migraines can cause other symptoms along with bad pain in the abdomen.

People who experience abdominal migraines as children are likely to have migraine headaches in adulthood.

Before making a final diagnosis of abdominal migraine, a doctor must rule out differential diagnoses.

These types of migraines are sometimes called abdominal migraines.

Abdominal migraine is a recurrent disorder of unknown origin, principally affecting children.

Abdominal migraines can cause many different symptoms.

Treating an abdominal migraine can often be difficult; medications used to treat other forms of migraines are usually employed.

The diagnosis of abdominal migraines is controversial.

Sometimes adults also have abdominal migraines.

Most people with abdominal migraines have family members (especially mothers) who have also had migraines.

Abdominal migraine.

Most children with abdominal migraines will develop migraine headache in adult life; the two propensities might co-exist during the child's adolescence.

Abdominal migraine: a migraine, more common in children and adolescents, that is associated with cyclic vomiting (symptoms occur about once a month).

Abdominal migraine is a disorder primarily of children which presents with episodes of abdominal pain without an accompanying headache.

Abdominal migraine (AM) is a kind of migraine which causes severe pain in the area of the abdomen.

Mutual support and information for families and professionals dealing with cyclic vomiting syndrome, abdominal migraine and related disorders.

In some cases, the abdominal migraine is a symptom linked to cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS).

Abdominal migraine causes paroxysmal attacks - attacks that happen suddenly, and happen again and again.

Children may have symptoms other than headache, including stomach pain (abdominal migraine) or forceful and frequent vomiting (cyclic vomiting).

Abdominal migraine usually affects children starting at about age 7, but it may affect younger children and older children, and it may also sometimes affect adults.

To diagnose abdominal migraine, first a doctor takes a patient's clinical history (where the doctor gathers information about all of the medical problems and medical treatments the patient has ever had).

Because the symptoms of CVS are similar (or perhaps identical) to those of the disease well-identified as "abdominal migraine," treatment of CVS with a regimen of anti-migraine drugs, such as Topirimate and amitryptiline, is showing promise in preventing recurrent attacks.