Migraine can present in a variety of ways. Hemiplegic migraine is a rare form of migraine where people experience weakness on one side of their body (hemiplegia) in addition to the migraine headache attack. The weakness is a form of migraine aura and occurs with other forms of typical migraine aura like changes in vision, speech or sensation. Hemiplegic migraine is divided into Familial hemiplegic migraine (runs in the family) or Sporadic hemiplegic migraine (happens only in one individual).

Reference: american migraine foundation ,https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/hemiplegic-migraine/ , july 4th,2019

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