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Vestibular Migraine. disorder of headache - Vestibular Migraine

Vestibular Migraine, a disorder usually associated with headache, 

can cause several vestibular syndromes. 

Vestibular Migraine is extremely common. Studies suggest that more 

than 20 million people in the United States suffer from Vestibular Migraine 

and that about 25 percent of these experience dizziness during Vestibular Migraine 

attacks. 

The International Headache Society classifies Vestibular Migraine disorders 

into several types. 

Vestibular Migraine without aura consists of periodic headaches that are 

usually throbbing and one-sided, made worse by activity, and associated 

with nausea and increased sensitivity to light and noise. 

Vestibular Migraine Vertigo can occur before, during, or separately from the 

episodes of migrainous headache. 

Vestibular Migraine with aura, or classic Vestibular Migraine, is associated with 

short-lived symptoms like noises, flashes of light, tingling, numbness, vertigo, 

and others, known as the aura. 

These symptoms usually precede the Vestibular Migraine headache and usually last 

5 to 20 minutes. 

In a variation called Vestibular Migraine with prolonged aura, these symptoms may 

last a week. 

Vestibular Migraine patients may experience migraine with aura on some occasions 

and migraine without aura on other occasions. 

Symptoms of basilar Vestibular Migraine include vertigo, tinnitus, decreased hearing, 

and ataxia - loss of coordination.