Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is an inherited form of the condition, which causes severe headaches and reduced motor function preceded by visual or speech disturbances. Familial hemiplegic ...

Familial hemiplegic migraine, an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by attacks of transient hemiparesis followed by a migraine headache, is divided into pure familial hemiplegic migraine ...

Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) means it runs in your family, and you could pass it on to your children. FHM comes in various form and each form is associated with a specific gene. Type 1 is ...

If you have one parent with familial hemiplegic migraine, you have a 50% chance of inheriting the condition. Sporadic hemiplegic migraine (SHM) is less common than familial hemiplegic migraine and ...

Chronic stress at work or at home could also increase your risk of hemiplegic migraine. Interestingly, studies show that in mice with familial hemiplegic migraine, stress relief after a period of ...

Familial hemiplegic migraine is a rare autosomal dominant migraine-with-aura subtype. In this subtype, missense mutations in the CACNA1A gene on chromosome 19, which encode the alpha 1A subunit of ...

Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is an inherited form of severe migraine that is accompanied by visual disturbances known as aura. As with other types of migraine, it affects women more ...

That similarity can make it hard to diagnose. If these types of migraine run in your family, they’re called familial hemiplegic migraine, and they're caused by a mutated gene you get from your ...

Like other types of migraine, familial hemiplegic migraine affects women more than men. Most cases of familial hemiplegic migraine are caused by mutations in the CACNA1A gene. However, it hasn't ...

She was ultimately diagnosed with a hemiplegic migraine, according to Spelling, who added that she wasn't aware of the condition before it impacted her child. Spelling said that though doctors ...

Scary symptoms, a diagnosis, and no treatment plan. I was diagnosed with hemiplegic migraine by an emergency room doctor on a trip to Kauai, Hawaii almost 15 years ago. In the car after my friend ...