Surprising Facts About Ocular Migraines

3. Associated With Migraines

While health professionals and researchers are not certain on what causes ocular migraines, it’s believed to have similar causes as migraine headaches. Migraines are said to have a genetic basis with 70 % of people that suffer from it having a family history of migraines.

Experts in the field of migraines know that they are triggered by an activation process of a mechanism set deeply in the brain. It releases inflammatory substances around your nerves and vessels of the brain. Studies have shown that change in the blood flow of the brain occur in both ocular migraines and visual auras. There is no known reason why these changes occur that has been founded.