Talk:Scintillating scotoma

Names

This article is linked from Migraine, and is listed as a synonym of amigrainous migraine, ocular migraine, and optical migraine. I've also heard it called opthamalic migraine by a doctor. Would it be appropriate to redirect all of those to this page? Or is one of them in fact a better name? --Masamage 03:40, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

SS isn't actually a synonym, although it's a fairly common symptom. It can be caused by other things, like glaucoma, and it's possible to have acephalgic migraines without SS. I've tweaked the Migraine page accordingly. Good catch. CMat 21:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Searches for teichopsia aare redirected to this page. Unfortunately, there is no reference to this phenomenon, which while related to migraine headache and scintillating scotoma, are not plainly the same thing. -blah —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.52.31.65 (talk) 20:54, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Prognosis

I was looking for whether scintillating scotomas have any relationship to cerebrovascular disease.Wretan (talk) 15:22, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Prevention

I was looking for reported evidence that they can be prevented (or, for that matter, treated.)Wretan (talk) 15:22, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

If you are habituated to caffeine, you may find that gradual reduction of your caffeine intake reduces the frequency of visual migraines. I found that a reduction from three cups of coffee per day to one cup of coffee and as much tea as I like has nearly eliminated my migraines. Also note that there can be visual "triggers" that cause the migraine, and that they can sometimes be prevented by not looking directly at bright lights or reflections, or things that "shimmer". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.115.31 (talk) 18:52, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Aspertame causes it for me. After years of intake I became sensitive to the point that chewing a piece of gum with aspertame can directly trigger an episode. --70.72.152.209 (talk) 01:53, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Taking low-dose Aspirin daily completely eliminates the problem for me. When I stop taking Aspirin, I start having Migraines again. YMMV. 2602:306:839B:1150:B1F3:6F7C:D73:CBA4 (talk) 04:39, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

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