Visual Migraine YouTube Data Mining, 4/7/2024. Further compression 4/10/2024 I next extracted all 5,643 comments from a popular video with 912,870 views about Visual Migraine posted April 1, 2022, by Dr. Rupa Wong, board-certified ophthalmologist and eye surgeon. I processed these comments using various techniques and created three lists, one of possible causes as phrases, one of possible cures as phrases, and one of relevant citations as URLs. LIST OF POSSIBLE CAUSES - Aging and changes in the vitreous gel inside the eye - Alcohol {11} - Allergies (e.g. mold, pollen) {3} - Anatomical issues in the eye like narrow/closed angle glaucoma - Aneurysm - Anxiety {4} - Arterial dissection - Arteriovenous malformation - Aspartame sweetener {2} - Astigmatism and hypermetropia - Being overtired - Being very nearsighted - Bending over {4} - Birth control pills - Blood vessel/blood flow issues in the eye/retina - Blue light - Brain chemistry imbalance, especially regarding serotonin - Brain tumor - Bright flickering or flashing lights {6} - Bright lights (e.g. LED headlights) - Bright lights or bright reflections or concentrated spotlights {20} - Bright lights, computer use, and other visual stimuli - Caffeine {20} - Caffeine withdrawal {4} - Cell phone radiation and microwave exposure - Cerebral vasculitis - Certain eye drops/washes containing boric acid - Certain foods (e.g. nitrates,tyramine, chocolate, aged cheese) - Certain foods (not specified) {13} - Certain foods and drinks (processed foods, ) - Certain foods like aged cheese {9} - Certain foods like bananas - Certain foods like chocolate {5} - Certain foods like processed chicken or hamburgers - Certain foods like red wine {2} - Certain foods or additives, like wine, cheese, and bananas - Certain foods/drinks (e.g. processed meats) - Certain types of light or visual stimuli - Changes in air pressure or altitude {9} - Changes in brain activity and chemicals like serotonin, calcitonin gene-related peptide, and dopamine - Changes in sleep patterns (too much or too little sleep) {2} - Changes in weather - Changes in weather (e.g. Chinooks in Alberta) - Changes in weather or barometric pressure - Changes in weather/barometric pressure - Chemical imbalance in the brain - Chronic low-level carbon monoxide poisoning - Computer/screen use - Concussion or head injury - Cone-driven retinal pathways - Contraceptive medication - Cortical spreading depression - a wave of altered brain activity that may reduce blood flow in the visual cortex, leading to visual disturbances - Cortical spreading depression - temporary changes in brain chemicals, nerves, and blood flow {2} - Cranial Nerve V issues - Dehydration {20} - Dietary factors (salty dishes, food additives) - Dietary factors like certain foods (salty dishes) {4} - Digital eye strain - Disruption in light in immediate field of vision - Driving long distances - Drugs - Electrical wave moving across the visual cortex {2} - Excessive screen use - Exercise, Physical exertion {4} - Exposure to formaldehyde - Exposure to or withdrawal from toxic substances - Eye injury or condition like keratoconus - Eye strain from too much screen time {3} - Family history of migraine {5} - Fatigue {10} - Fluctuations in vitamin/mineral levels like B12 - Food additives (unspecified) - Food additives like MSG {2} - Food and chemical sensitivity - Food thickeners like xanthan gum, guar gum, and carrageenan - Food triggers like dark chocolate - Genetic factors and family history of migraines {5} - Genetic predisposition {3} - Glare and bright lights - can trigger visual auras for some people - Green light - Harsh lighting - Having diabetes - Having had cataract surgery - Head injuries/concussions - Head injury - Head/eye injuries - Heat {2} - Hemorrhagic stroke - High altitude {3} - High blood pressure {8} - High eye pressure - Hormonal birth control pills - Hormonal changes - migraines are three times more common in women, especially during reproductive years - Hormonal changes {30} - Hormonal changes (e.g. birth control, contraception) {2} - Hormonal changes (e.g. during menstrual cycle periods) {8} - Hormonal changes (e.g. menopause) {6} - Hormonal changes (e.g. pregnancy) {4} - Hormonal changes, especially around puberty - Hormonal changes, especially in women (fluctuations in estrogen) - Hormonal changes, fluctuations or swings, especially in women {9} - Hormonal changes, such as during perimenopause - Hormones {2} - Hydrocephalus - Hypersensitivity to sensory input (light, sound) - Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) - Inflammation due to meningitis, encephalitis, or other infections - Injury to the retina or orbit - Ischemic stroke - Issues in blood vessels or electrical/chemical impulses in the brain - Issues with sleep - Lack of sleep {5} - Loud sounds {3} - Low blood pressure - Low blood sugar {12} - Low iron levels - Lupus - Medications (oral contraceptives, vasodilators) - Medications (unspecified) {2} - Medications that affect hormones - Menstruation - Migraine with aura - Neck pain - Ocular hypoperfusion - Old CRT computer screens with green writing on black background - Particular smells - Playing basketball in sunny conditions - Poor health - Prolonged focused vision - Red wine {3} - Reduced blood flow or spasms of blood vessels in the retina or behind the eye - Refractive errors/need for new glasses - Relationship to the trigeminal nerve, which releases chemicals that cause pain - Relaxation after a stressful time - Retinal artery occlusion (eye stroke) - Retinal blood vessel constriction - Salt and MSG intake - Seasonal changes - Seizures - Sensory stimuli (bright/flashing lights, loud sounds, strong smells) - Sinus issues {3} - Skipping meals {9} - Sleep disturbances - Sleeping with sunlight coming in a certain way - Smoke exposure - Smoking {7} - Spinal fluid leak - Spreading depression of cerebral cortex - Staring at computer screens for long periods - Staring at screens/devices for too long - Straining eyes by staring at screens - Stress {40} - Stress, certain foods (red wine, chocolate, aged cheese) - Strong odors {2} - Strong Stimuli (Bright lights, loud sounds, powerful odors) - Structural abnormalities of the head, neck, or spine - Sudden pressure changes in weather, such as driving up a mountain or storms rolling in - Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) issues caused by teeth grinding at night - Thalamic neuron responsiveness to different light colors - Trigeminal neuralgia - Triggers like lack of sleep, hormonal changes, etc. - Triggers like smells, stress, changes in estrogen levels, bright lights, flickering lights, fluorescent lights, changes in air pressure or altitude, bold visual patterns - Triggers like fatigue, skipping meals, caffeine withdrawal, stress, - Underlying eye condition - Vasospasm in retinal or ciliary vasculature - Vasospasms in the brain's vascular system, causing reduced blood flow to the occipital cortex - Vertebral stroke due to a dissection in the brain stem artery - Vigorous exercise - Vitamin D deficiency - Vitreous detachment - Weather changes (storms, changes in barometric pressure) {3} LIST OF POSSIBLE CURES - Acupuncture {5} - Acute migraine treatments (e.g. triptans, NSAIDs, Benadryl) - Acute treatments like over-the-counter painkillers, migraine-specific medications (triptans) {2} - Adjusting diet to avoid potential triggers - Adjusting lighting (e.g. switching to LED lights) - Anti-epileptics - Anti-nausea medications {3} - Anti-seizure drugs - Anti-seizure medication like Lamotrigine for those with underlying epilepsy [User 9] - Antidepressant medications {2} - Applying a cold compress to the head - Applying ice packs or cool, damp cloths - Applying pressure to temples {2} - Using a damp cloth on forehead - Aspirin - Avoid triggers like certain foods, and lack of sleep - Avoiding changes in altitude or air pressure when possible - Avoiding dairy products and lactose [user experience] - Avoiding migraine triggers (e.g. certain foods, lack of sleep, stress) {4} - Avoiding sudden movements like quickly turning around - Avoiding trigger foods {2} - Avoiding triggers (e.g. caffeine, alcohol, stress) {2} - Avoiding triggers (e.g. reducing caffeine, stress management) - Avoiding triggers (stress, smoking, certain foods, dehydration, etc.) - Avoiding triggers like bright lights {6} - Avoiding triggers like blue light, and screens - Avoiding triggers like certain foods, and stress - Avoiding triggers like glare, and caffeine - Avoiding triggers like certain foods, alcohol, stress - Avoiding triggers like perfumes, bright lights, and certain foods - Avoiding triggers like skipping meals, computer use, and bright light exposure [comments] - Avoiding triggers like stress, lack of sleep, dehydration - B complex vitamins - B vitamins - Being one's own advocate and persistently seeking the right diagnosis - Beta-blockers - Birth control/hormone therapy to stabilize hormones - Blue light blocking glasses that also filter green light (500-550nm) - Botox injections {5} - Emgality - can decrease intensity of aura symptoms - Bromelain supplements - Buddhist meditation to reduce stress - Caffeine (in moderation) {5} - Calcium channel blockers - Checking weather/migraine forecasts - Chiropractic neck adjustments - Complementary therapies like cannabis, psychedelics, and chiropractic care - Consulting an eye doctor or neurologist if symptoms persist or worsen - Consulting an ophthalmologist or neurologist for further evaluation - Consuming energy drinks [user experience] - Consuming sugary snacks - Covering the affected eye - Daily low-dose aspirin - may help prevent ocular migraines for some people {3} - Dietary changes like reducing carbohydrates and increasing protein/carbs before exercise - Dietary changes - Dimming lights and using blackout curtains - Drinking coffee - Drinking plenty of water to stay hydrated {4} - Eating sugar or taking a nap - Eliminating food thickeners like xanthan gum from diet - Eliminating sugar from diet and exercising regularly - Emgality - Finding ways to reduce stress (sleep, exercise, meditation) - Finding ways to reduce stress, such as getting enough sleep, exercising, or trying relaxation activities - Frequent aerobic exercise - Get regular chiropractic adjustments - Getting an MRI or other medical tests to rule out underlying conditions - Getting Botox injections to prevent migraines [comment] - Herbal remedies (e.g. petasites, feverfew) - Identify and avoid triggers - Identifying and avoiding dietary triggers through a food journal {3} - Improving sleep habits - Increase magnesium intake - Increase magnesium, add B2 and Alpha Lipoic Acid - Increasing dietary intake of magnesium, riboflavin, and CoQ10 - Laser eye surgery for anatomical issues like narrow/closed angle glaucoma - Lifestyle changes (dietary adjustments, quitting smoking, managing blood pressure) - Lifestyle changes (managing stress, regulating sleep, staying hydrated, avoiding triggers) - Lifestyle changes (staying hydrated, managing stress, maintaining sleep schedule) - Lifestyle changes like improving sleep, managing stress, and dietary modifications - Lifestyle changes like managing stress, getting enough sleep, and avoiding triggers - Lifestyle changes like sticking to a routine regular sleep and eating schedule {6} - Lifestyle changes like staying hydrated {6} - Lifestyle changes like avoiding triggers {4} - Lifestyle interventions (stress management, sleep) - Lifestyle interventions (stress management, sleep) - Magnesium supplements {3} - Maintain a regular sleep schedule - Maintaining a healthy diet and sleep schedule {2} - Maintaining healthy iron levels - Manage stress through relaxation techniques, exercise, etc. - Managing stress levels - Massage - Medications (triptans, anti-seizure drugs, antidepressants) - Medications like amitriptyline (antidepressant) - Medications like pain relievers, anti-seizure drugs, and anti-nausea drugs - Medications like triptans and CGRP inhibitors to treat acute migraine attacks - Medications like triptans, anti-seizure drugs, tricyclic antidepressants - Medications to prevent and treat migraines (triptans, anti-seizure drugs, antidepressants, etc.) - Medications to prevent migraines (e.g. topiramate, amitriptyline) - Medications to prevent migraines like topiramate or amitriptyline - Meditation and coping techniques - Over-the-counter medications like ibuprofen {11} - Over-the-counter medications like acetaminophen {7} - Over-the-counter medications like naproxen {5} - Over-the-counter pain medications (Excedrin Migraine) {3} - Over-the-counter pain medication - Over-the-counter pain relievers {7} - Over-the-counter aspirin {2} - Over-the-counter anti-nausea medications to alleviate symptoms {3} - Over-the-counter like Advil - Packing a "migraine kit" with items to manage triggers like light, smell, and sound - Pain medication (anti-inflammatory, paracetamol) - Painkillers like paracetamol or ibuprofen - Prescription drugs like triptans, ditans, ergots - Prescription medications (beta-blockers) {11} - Prescription medications (anti-epileptics) - Prescription medications (antidepressants) {7} - Prescription medications (e.g. anti-epileptics) - Prescription medications (e.g. antidepressants, anticonvulsants, calcium channel blockers) - Prescription medications like Imitrex - can help prevent or reduce pain if taken before aura disappears - Prescription medications like Topiramate (an anti-seizure drug) - Prescription medications like triptans to abort migraine headaches - Prescription migraine medications like triptans {3} - Pressing on the area between the eyebrows and nose ridge [user experience] - Preventative medications (blood pressure medications like calcium channel blockers or beta blockers) - Preventative medications (calcium channel blockers,) - Preventative medications like antidepressants, CGRP inhibitors - Preventative migraine medications (e.g. Lamotrigine, Diamox) - Preventative treatments like Botox injections - Preventative treatments like lifestyle changes and medications - Preventive medications (e.g. calcium channel blockers, anti-seizure drugs, tricyclic antidepressants) - Preventive medications like and anti-seizure drugs - Preventive medications like anticonvulsants, calcium channel blockers - Preventive medications like anticonvulsants, calcium channel blockers - Preventive medications to reduce episode frequency - Preventive treatments for frequent, severe headaches - Preventive treatments like anti-seizure drugs - Preventive treatments like or anti-seizure drugs taken daily - Preventive treatments like anti-seizure drugs - Preventive treatments to reduce frequency and severity of migraines, if they are frequent and severe - Quitting smoking - Reducing caffeine {5} - Reducing alcohol intake {5} - Reducing stress - Reducing stress through relaxation techniques like sleep, exercise, yoga, meditation {2} - Resting and avoiding triggers like bright lights - Resting and finding a dark, quiet space during an attack - Resting and trying to sleep when an attack starts - Resting in a dark, quiet room during an episode {18} - Resting the eyes and avoiding triggers - Resting the eyes during an episode - Scalp massage - Seeing a neurologist or ophthalmologist for evaluation and treatment - Seek treatment from a headache specialist or neurologist - Seeking immediate medical attention if experiencing sudden new floaters, flashes, or loss of peripheral vision, as this could indicate a retinal tear or detachment - Seeking medical care from a specialist if symptoms persist or worsen - Seeking treatment from an eye specialist or neurologist - Sleep without a pillow to reduce neck stiffness - Stay hydrated {8} - Aoiding skipping meals - Steroids administered through IV (for rare complications) - Stopping birth control pills - Stress management techniques like meditation or counseling - Stress reduction techniques (e.g. relaxation, meditation) {2} - Sungazing (reported to reduce migraine episodes by 80%) - Take ibuprofen and sudafed at the first sign of an aura - Take preventative medications (e.g. triptans, anti-seizure drugs) - Take preventive migraine medications like triptans or monoclonal antibodies - Taking a baby aspirin daily - Taking baby aspirin or calcium channel blockers - Taking low-dose aspirin daily - Taking medication like propranolol - Taking over-the-counter medications like acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or naproxen - Taking over-the-counter pain medications (e.g. acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen) - Taking over-the-counter pain relievers like acetaminophen - Taking pain medication at first sign of aura - Taking pain medication at the first sign of aura - Taking pain medication like ibuprofen or sumatriptan - Taking pain relievers, drinking coffee with lemon, getting extra sleep, and using cold packs on temples - Taking painkillers like paracetamol, ibuprofen, or naproxen - Taking prescription migraine medications like triptans - Taking preventive medications like seizure medicines, blood pressure medicines, or CGRP inhibitors - Topiramate (Topamax) medication - Transcutaneous supraorbital nerve stimulation (Cefaly device) - Treat any underlying TMJ issues with an orthodontic appliance - Treating any underlying conditions (e.g. retinal injury, lupus) - Treating constipation - Treating dry eye syndrome {2} - Treating sinus/allergy issues - Treating underlying conditions - Treating underlying conditions like allergies or sinus issues - Treating underlying conditions like cataracts or acoustic neuroma - Trigger point therapy or other alternative therapies - Triptans - medications designed to halt a migraine attack - Triptans (medications that target migraine-related receptors) - Try a daith piercing, which some claim can help prevent migraines - Try alternative therapies like acupuncture, biofeedback - Trying a daily multivitamin - Trying cannabis - Trying to manage stress levels - Trying to move the eyes to shift the position of floaters - Use abortive medications to stop migraine attacks - Use caffeine/coffee in moderation - Use monoclonal antibody treatment - Using "triptans" (prescription medications to abort migraines) - Using a damp cloth on forehead - Using artificial tears - Using devices like Cefaly (transcutaneous supraorbital nerve stimulation) - Using devices like Cefaly, Nerivio, or gammaCore - Using earplugs - Using hot/cold compresses or focusing on the back of the head - Using ice packs - Using lavender essential oils - Using pain medication like acetaminophen-codeine to manage severe eye pain [comment] - Using prescription migraine medications (e.g. triptans, anti-seizure drugs) - Vitamin B12 supplementation - Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) - Vitamin D supplementation {3} - Wear a blindfold with cold water, sleep/close eyes for 1 hour, or do a handstand to stop the pain - Wearing sunglasses in bright environments - Wearing sunglasses or using an eye mask - Wearing sunglasses or using blue light filters on screens - Wearing sunglasses, blue light blocking glasses {4} - Wearing purple-tinted glasses to manage light sensitivity - Wearing purple-tinted glasses - Yoga {3} CITATIONS http://www.wespecialeyes.com/floaters/ https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/migraine-aura-without-headache/ 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