edit data. Becky Chambers is the author of the award-nominated science fiction novel The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, as well as the upcoming stand-alone sequel, A Closed & Common Orbit. She also writes nonfiction essays and short stories, which can be found in various places around the internet.
Some rare types of migraines can cause temporary paralysis or blindness, and can even mimic some very serious medical conditions. More than 13 percent of Americans are affected by migraines, severe pain in the head that is sometimes accompanied by vision problems, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness.
The most common sense impacted is eyesight. Migraine sufferers may experience vision changes before, during or after the pain subsides. Others have only the visual migraine symptoms, but no pain. Typically vision changes last only a few minutes, usually from one minute to a half hour. Vision changes are very common in those who suffer from migraine with aura.