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Intense pain, sensitivity to light and nausea. All signs of a migraine. But what is a migraine headache? And what can trigger it? Migraine basics here....

Q: Fainted & lost bladder control after migraine --- serious?

asked by: HorseyGal on October 30th, 2007

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Well I don't have epilepsy but just the other day I was at work and I had a really bad migrane - my vision went blurry, boths arms went numb and tingly and obvisouly a really bad headache. So my boss sent me home and as I was walking out I sort of fainted and passed out and when I came around like 5 minutes later, I had no idea what had happened and my work mates said that they thought I might have had some sort of a fit becuase they told me that when I hit the ground, a few seconds later my whole body started to shake and I can't believe I am admitting this but....lets say I lost bladder control and when I woke up I stil had a headache and like a metal taste in my mouth.

It's probably nothing but if anyone has any advice or anything please feel free to reply.

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BlueBubblegum

replied on November 4th, 2007

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You probably had a non-epileptic seizure which mimics the events of a proper epileptic seizure, and a migrane is a cause for it to happen.

Medically, the term seizure implies an epileptic seizure. The use of this word can also include sudden attacks of illness, loss of control, spasm or stroke.

Epileptic seizures can occur in someone who does not have epilepsy – as a consequence of head injury, drugs, toxins, eclampsia or febrile convulsions, for example.

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