Is it a stroke or am I going to get a migraine?


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It can sometimes be hard to tell whether you’re experiencing a migraine aura or a TIA. — dpa

It can be hard to tell the difference between an aura, which is a visual disturbance common with migraines, and a form of stroke known as a transient ischaemic attack (TIA).

Too often are early stroke symptoms misinterpreted as the signs of a pending migraine – a mistake that can be very harmful, according to Dr Hartmut Göbel, who practises at a pain hospital in the German city of Kiel.

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Stroke , TIA , migraine , aura , brain

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