Children

Children

Entry to Migraine Art contest: Visual disturbances. © 2007 Migraine Action Association and Boehringer Ingelheim

"I just wanted to say thank-you for your website! My 10 year old has been a migraine sufferer for years but recently became very scared and afraid thinking he had seen a 'real' ghost! We were able to look on your website and he found pictures of migraine aura art and realized that was what he had seen - a prodromal aura.

When I could see and understand just what he was seeing, I could understand his fear. He had never had a visual aura before and we just were not prepared. This picture is similar to what he was seeing and indeed it could seem like a 'ghost' to a ten-year old boy, shimmery sheets! After many sleepless and frightened nights, my son is doing fine and back to sleeping soundly in his own bed. Just had to write and say thanks. I bet you never thought that your website would have this type of impact! Many, many thanks to you! Fondly, The Hancock Family"

(The Hancock Family, Email to Klaus Podoll, May 8, 2005)

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