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Invisible symptoms in pictures

September 19th, 2006

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i used to have migraines often. not as much now.

A photo of a migraine?  How about a tension headache?  Many people have tried to illustrate invisible symptoms in art and photography.  The results can be striking, and sometimes disturbing and even headache inducing.

I like to keep an eye on how headache and migraine are being illustrated in art.  Above is a photo from Flickr user Saffanna.  Below are some other great examples - if you appreciate them, be sure to comment.  (I’ve left out some of the very disturbing ones - I realize to fully get the point across, the photo must be disturbing.  You can search and find more of these on your own):

  • What migraines look like.
    • Headache
  • I think this one’s fantastic - Migraine
  • A simple but effective illustration of a tension headache.
  • A little photo manipulation often gets the point across - Migraine
  • What does aura look like?  Check out a couple of examples - migraine aura and My Migraine (not sure if that last one was intended to be aura, but either symbolic or otherwise it works)
  • Photo on the side entitled Headache, courtesy of Ende

    • There are many more out there.  Have you taken a photo that illustrates your symptoms?  Be sure to leave a comment.

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    One Response to “Invisible symptoms in pictures”

    1. Christine
      October 21st, 2006 - 1:25 pm

      This is *exactly* what my ocular migraine looks like (I’ve only had one, one was enough for me to get off the hormone patch….)

      http://www.eyeguys.net/ocularmigraine.html

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