Hi Doctor, 27 Year Old Female With Recent Multiple Episode

Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2020

Question: Hi Doctor,
27 year old female with recent multiple episode of hemiplegic migraine.
Please suggest treatment, prognosis and future complications.

Answered by Dr. Sudhir Kumar (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Hemiplegic migraine responds well to treatment.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

Hemiplegic migraine manifests with reversible motor weakness affecting arm/leg associated with headache. It is uncommon, however, it responds well to treatment.

For acute headache episodes, NSAIDs such as naproxen or ibuprofen can be used. For prevention of headache episodes in future, verapamil or flunarizine tablets can be used.

Patients respond well to treatment.

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM
Consultant Neurologist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad