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Someone tell me what "aura" is I'm too lazy to look it up and I can't stop thinking about Calx walking around with Ret aura causing reflective damage to all the jerks he walks near.

The Second Phase: The aura is the most familiar of the phases. Aura follows the prodrome and usually lasts less than an hour. The symptoms and effects of the aura vary widely. Some can be quite terrifying, especially when experienced for the first time. Some of the visual distortions can be exotic and bizarre. It's interesting to note that migraine aura symptoms are thought to have influenced some famous pieces of art and literary works. One of the better know is Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. While most people probably think of aura as being strictly visual, auras can have a wide range of symptoms, including:

* visual symptoms: flashing lights, wavy lines, spots, partial loss of sight, blurry vision
* olfactory hallucinations (smelling odors that aren't there)
* tingling or numbness of the face or extremities on the side where the headache develops.
* difficult finding words and/or speaking
* confusion
* vertigo
* partial paralysis
* auditory hallucinations
* decrease in or loss of hearing
* reduced sensation
* hypersensitivity to feel and touch

Approximately 20% of migraineurs experience aura. As with the prodrome, migraine aura, when the migraineur is aware of it, can serve as a warning, and sometimes allows the use of medications to abort the episode before the headache itself begins. As noted earlier, not all migraine episodes include all phases. Although not the majority of episodes, there are some migraine episodes in which migraineurs experience aura but no headache. There are several terms used for this experience, including "silent migraine," "sans-migraine," and "migraine equivalent."

Symptoms

The most commonly used diagnostic criteria and definition of CFS for research and clinical purposes were published by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).[6] The CDC definition of CFS requires the following two criteria be fulfilled:[2]

1. A new onset (not lifelong) of unexplained, persistent fatigue unrelated to exertion and not substantially relieved by rest, that causes a significant reduction in previous activity levels.
2. Four or more of the following symptoms that last six months or longer:
* Impaired memory or concentration
* Post-exertional malaise, where physical or mental exertions bring on "extreme, prolonged exhaustion and sickness"
* Unrefreshing sleep
* Muscle pain (myalgia)
* Pain in multiple joints (arthralgia)
* Headaches of a new kind or greater severity
* Sore throat, frequent or recurring
* Tender lymph nodes (cervical or axillary)

Other common symptoms include:

* irritable bowel, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea or bloating
* chills and night sweats
* brain fog
* chest pain
* shortness of breath
* chronic cough
* visual disturbances (blurring, sensitivity to light, eye pain or dry eyes)
* allergies or sensitivities to foods, alcohol, odors, chemicals, medications or noise
* difficulty maintaining upright position (orthostatic instability, irregular heartbeat, dizziness, balance problems or fainting)
* psychological problems (depression, irritability, mood swings, anxiety, panic attacks)
* jaw pain
* weight loss or gain.[35]

The CDC specifically refers to several illnesses with symptoms resembling those of CFS: "mononucleosis, Lyme disease, lupus, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, primary sleep disorders, severe obesity and major depressive disorders. Medications can also cause side effects that mimic the symptoms of CFS."[2]

Many patients do not fully recover from CFS even with treatment, and there is no universally effective curative option.[55] Diets, physiotherapy, dietary supplements, antidepressants, pain killers, pacing, and complementary and alternative medicine have been suggested as ways of managing CFS. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) have shown moderate effectiveness for many patients in multiple randomized controlled trials.[28][56][57][58] As many of the CBT and GET studies required patients to visit a clinic, severely affected patients may have been excluded.[56] Patient surveys have indicated that pacing is reported to be the most helpful intervention.[59][60]

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