Strange Visual Auras Could Hold the Key to Better Migraine Treatments

There is no one experience of “aura.” For some, it starts with white glitter at the edge of their vision like half-seen falling stars; others find faces distorted or words suddenly difficult to form. Science journals collect unusual cases, like Oliver Sacks’ account of waking to find his nurse had “become inorganic” and was drifting apart like a set of mosaic tiles. In rare cases, an individual can feel they are suddenly growing to an enormous size or shrinking entirely out of view—known as Alice in Wonderland Syndrome.

For most, these auras appear as if from nowhere, most commonly as a set of scintillating zigzags that grow for about 20

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