The graph is showing just a general pattern of migraine and how it is related to age. while of course not every single migraine follows that pattern, the majority does. migraine tends to increase in intensity and quantity between the ages of 20-50, with the peak happening at 30-50, or more exactly according to this graph - 35- 45 y.o.
the men's line is included in this graph -it's the dotted line. the peak is very similar.
and every neurologist will tell you that.
Vallee would fit into that pattern since she stated her migraines appeared when she was about 20 y.o.
The question I would like to ask, was the hearing loss somehow related to her starting migraines, or was it a coincidence.
My neurologist seems to think my migraines started because I took a big drop from moderate to profound servere in my hearing loss. I started to wear new hearing aids.
At first my migraines were labeled as allergies. It took years to get a doctor to find out that yes it is really migraines.
My neurologist, who I trust, is in a wheelchair because he has a tumor in his back. He has limited motion and hand ability. He listens and understands. He admits that he does not know all the answers. I have been seeing him for over 3 years and before surgery I was down to about 2 migraines a month. But I was on so much medicines that you could see it in my face.
Migraines do not follow a set pattern. everyone is different. That is why a doctor someone specializating in migraines needs to set up medicine and testing. I have had CT, MRI, and other test. I had bloodwork and facial nerve testing(my face goes numb on left side with a migraine). I was taken off all over the counter medicine so I did not get rebound headaches. I have tried at least 6 different type of medicine to find what works. I found a good combination, but that does not work on all people.
The purpose of this thread was to see if others who are d/hoh have migraines and if they relate to a hearing loss. I would love to find some research that is current about us. I was hoping that someone knew of something.
All I know is my migraines are gone. Gone! Do I think they would be if I only implanted one ear - No. Do I think the migraines would be around if I did not get CI - yes. Do I think the surgery and less stress and facial nerve monitor enabled the migraines to disappear - Hell yes!
Vallee, if you have been to my thread about perfumes you too might have noticed how an extraordinairy number of deaf posters stated they have migraines. Or at least, headaches. And I know quite a few migraineurs who seemd to lost their hearing due to migraine. I find this fascinating because all my life I have a feeling my migraines are somehow related to hearing, too. one way or the other.
here is something about headache ( doesn't say migraine) and hearing loss.
Fluctuating hearing loss, episodic headache, and stroke with platelet hyperaggregability: Coexistence of auditory neuropathy and cochlear hearing loss
In this patient, hearing impairment and white matter strokes appeared to respectively related to impaired blood flow to the cochlea and white matter caused by platelet dysfunction triggered by physiologic stresses.
A white matter lesions are quite common to migraneurs (particularly with aura), and are thought to be casued by temporary lack of blood flow to the area, due to the blood vessel's constriction.
ScienceDirect - Brain and Development : Fluctuating hearing loss, episodic headache, and stroke with platelet hyperaggregability: Coexistence of auditory neuropathy and cochlear hearing loss
More links about migraine and hearing loss:
What Are the Auditory and Vestibular Symptoms?
Although less common than other audiovestibular symptoms, hearing loss does sometimes occur as a fluctuating, sensorineural loss in the low frequencies. It is also possible to have a
permanent hearing loss or vestibular dysfunction following a migraine attack.
Unraveling the Mystery of Migraine
http://www.menieres.org/jacki/jackis68.htm
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg -- Abstract: Migraine and sudden sensorineural hearing loss, March 1987, Lipkin et al. 113 (3): 325
I am well aware how difficult migraine can be to diagnose, particularly the less common types, and am not suprised you were previously misdiagnosed as "allergies". Some pple took years to be properly diagnosed as migraine.
I know of two cases that patients were at first wrongly diagnosed and treated as MS (mutliple sclerosis).
Most common mistakes made while diagnosing migraine apart from allergies is as "sinuses", "TMJ-trigeminal neuralgia".
"Tension" headache is misdiagnosed because half of people who have migraine will also have neck pain or tightness in the back of their head during or at the onset of their migraine.
It is possible that we - you and me, for instance- may have two genetic conditions. Although I think it's the two separate conditons, comorbid.
Comorbid:
comorbid
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Main Entry: co·mor·bid
Pronunciation: \(ˌ)kō-ˈmȯr-bəd\
Function: adjective
Etymology: co- + morbid
Date: 1981
: existing simultaneously with and usually independently of another medical condition
— co·mor·bid·i·ty \-ˌmȯr-ˈbi-də-tē\ noun
Definition of comorbid - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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Part of Speech: adj
Definition: pertaining to two diseases which occur together, such as ADHD and depression
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Fuzzy
Michigan Headache Clinic
Oh and one more thing. Just because your onset of migraine happened at 20 y.o. doesn't mean you didn't had any before. You coudl have them, and not know it. As I wrote earlier, migraine can be acephalgic (no headaches), and in children it's most often manifested as abdominal migraine (again, no headache present). Sometimes it's a trigger that sets off migraine at certain age and in your case it could have been sudden hearing loss. I am not challening your dr's opinion of course, just saying there can be more possibilities.
ps.
(my face goes numb on left side with a migraine).
That is not uncommon. Did your dr told you what type of migraine you have? could it be mild form of hemiplegic migraine?
What Is Hemiplegic Migraine?
Fuzzy