Transient and Recurrent Vision Loss in a High-Altitude Porter from Pakistan on a Polish Winter Karakoram Expedition

Visual sensations appear in most migraine auras, but binocular blindness is uncommon. We described a case of multiple transient losses of vision in a man on a winter expedition to K2. His symptoms were later diagnosed as recurrent visual auras without pain. Sojourns at altitude can induce migraine a...

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Autores principales:	Robert K. Szymczak, Magdalena Sawicka
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	altitude hypoxia visual aura vision loss migraine without pain altitude induced migraine Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2fb9bf9a7ba14a45b8fa98de57b56f862021-11-25T17:51:58ZTransient and Recurrent Vision Loss in a High-Altitude Porter from Pakistan on a Polish Winter Karakoram Expedition10.3390/ijerph1822122041660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/2fb9bf9a7ba14a45b8fa98de57b56f862021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12204https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Visual sensations appear in most migraine auras, but binocular blindness is uncommon. We described a case of multiple transient losses of vision in a man on a winter expedition to K2. His symptoms were later diagnosed as recurrent visual auras without pain. Sojourns at altitude can induce migraine attack; therefore, susceptible individuals should avoid factors that might provoke migraines at high altitude, such as improper acclimatization, dehydration and an inadequate sleep regime.Robert K. SzymczakMagdalena SawickaMDPI AGarticlealtitudehypoxiavisual auravision lossmigraine without painaltitude induced migraineMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12204, p 12204 (2021)
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description	Visual sensations appear in most migraine auras, but binocular blindness is uncommon. We described a case of multiple transient losses of vision in a man on a winter expedition to K2. His symptoms were later diagnosed as recurrent visual auras without pain. Sojourns at altitude can induce migraine attack; therefore, susceptible individuals should avoid factors that might provoke migraines at high altitude, such as improper acclimatization, dehydration and an inadequate sleep regime.
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title	Transient and Recurrent Vision Loss in a High-Altitude Porter from Pakistan on a Polish Winter Karakoram Expedition
title_short	Transient and Recurrent Vision Loss in a High-Altitude Porter from Pakistan on a Polish Winter Karakoram Expedition
title_full	Transient and Recurrent Vision Loss in a High-Altitude Porter from Pakistan on a Polish Winter Karakoram Expedition
title_fullStr	Transient and Recurrent Vision Loss in a High-Altitude Porter from Pakistan on a Polish Winter Karakoram Expedition
title_full_unstemmed	Transient and Recurrent Vision Loss in a High-Altitude Porter from Pakistan on a Polish Winter Karakoram Expedition
title_sort	transient and recurrent vision loss in a high-altitude porter from pakistan on a polish winter karakoram expedition
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Transient and Recurrent Vision Loss in a High-Altitude Porter from Pakistan on a Polish Winter Karakoram Expedition

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