Dr. Nancy Talks About Complex Migraines, Part 2
Dr. Nancy Talks About Complex Migraines, Part 2
Dr. Nancy Snyderman (NBC Today Show) talks with Matt Lauer about complex migraines.
Automatically Generated Transcript (may not be 100% accurate)
" And thank you very much doctor Nancy snyderman is NBC's chief medical editor Nancy good morning and yeah. So -- we speculated the other day the weather may have caused this complex migrant do you feel about that."
" It looked at the top of my list and we knew we would -- we're seeing some neurological event in progress and I I thought probably -- public transient ischemic attack which if you really break down the words mean that. It was over time the blood vessel was constricting than violating -- but in this case was part of -- migraine. Not shocked but wouldn't have been at top of my --"
" Suffer from a few migraines and the child luckily outgrew them but I remember the intense pain I didn't realize they could make you go limp on one side your face and do that to your speech as well."
" Yeah this is these are really this malls or micro section if you look at all of migrating most people as you describe -- have paid on one kind of ahead. Sometimes light sensitivity that this this kind of certain vascular changed and in her on the left side of the brain. In the speech area that costs have been garbled speech. And -- that -- look on the right cheek that others died that sort of minute early Friday at the stroke. For most people that can having pain I have activity sometimes it can tell they're coming on. I think the most important thing is that we all got to learn something from it. We really watched a neurological event. In real time and I would caution people. If your friend exhibit these symptoms they are your grandfather. Don't put -- now at the top of the list. Still think could this be a stroke is that something else and you must seek medical at."
" Tension and -- quickly asked -- on the phone and that she said perhaps it was a change in her diet a change in a medication. She was taking that may have triggered this does that sound logical -- here's what I can't tell you she's been -- over with every ski and possible they asked her about."
" Cigarette birth control pills. Any kind of drug or alcohol use chocolate -- you name it and she is now going to be keeping a diary as possible triggers."
" Good news this doctors -- should go back to normal it absolutely so we're happy about that Nancy thanks very much."
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