I get basilar artery migraines. They cause “aura” before/during the headache, and can cause some crazy symptoms (seeing bright spots, tunnel vision, temporary blindness, numbness on one side of the body, dizziness, etc). The aura come first, and can be crazy to try to diagnose (imagine a patient coming in with sudden blindness and their left arm and leg asleep lol, that’s me) until the actual headache hits. Imagine Obi getting one of these and Helix going berserk until he realizes what it is…
Glancing
at his General, Cody frowned faintly as the man was still staring at
the distance with a pinched expression on his face.
He
had been like that for the last five minutes, just standing by the
terminal Waxer was working at, staring at nothing with a… well Cody
would honestly call it confused expression since he ended his
conversation with the Ghost trooper.
‘Maybe
he’s just deep in thought?’ Cody guessed to himself. It wouldn’t
be the first time the Jedi had been lost in thoughts and Cody was
honestly very familiar with the man doing some meditation while
standing but this didn’t seem like the normal meditation stance.
Not
with how furrowed his face looked.
After
an additional five minutes, Cody finally had enough
Setting
his helmet down by Slick, he stepped over to his General and saluted
him, frowning deeply as he noted that despite looking in Cody’s
direction, the others pupils weren’t focused on him. “General, is
something wrong?” He questioned, settling into parade rest.
If
there was something going on, Cody would rather have an early warning
he had to admit.
Opening
his mouth, Obi-Wan paused before sighing deeply. “Yes, I have to
admit there is something going on Commander…” He slurred
out much to Cody’s surprise and some horror
but before Cody could ask again, Obi-Wan answered
honestly.
“I seem to be blind.” He answered with befuddlement, promptly
sending Cody’s heart thundering in his chest.
Quiet
hell broke out on the bridge after a few stunned seconds.
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Scrubbing
his hands through his undone hair, Helix cursed quietly as he glanced
at his too
pale and exhausted looking General
in
the dimmed down light of the medbay.
The
man was quietly sitting on the medbay with that pinched, pained
expression still crossing it.
Still
calm looking though Helix was willing to bet that was a rouse so no
one could see how much of an emotional turmoil the other was in.
‘Okay,
think Helix, think. None of the tests are showing anything but the
symptoms are temporary
blindness,
seeing
bright spots, dizziness, ringing in the ears, extremely cold feet and
hands, slurred speech, vomiting, light
sensitivity,’
He stared at his General, watching how he flinched after a shifting.
‘He’s reacting to his clothes rubbing against his skin,
incredibly sensitive and has pain gathered in the forehead from where
it’s… spreading… wait.’
Turning
to his terminal, Helix typed quickly, lining up the symptoms as he
zeroed in on his suspect.
Migraines.
Or
rather basilar artery migraines, as
the symptoms indicated a particular kind.
‘A
basilar migraine may be caused by a constriction of blood vessels
that limit blood flow to the brain.’ He read, breathing out a bit
before looking further down, hoping he had the means to aid his
General because at this point he was close to tearing his hair out
honestly and guts and glory, please
let him be right.
‘Kark,’
Helix bared his teeth at the screen before sighing. There was nothing
he could do to remove the migraine outright, only treat the symptoms
but… glancing over the list of suggestions, Helix felt a small
smile of relief slip onto his face. ‘I have this, anti-nausea
medication, analgesic patch level three, serotonin regulator and
ergotamine, medication to directly aid with migraines. It’s a small
supply but I have some at least of that too.’
“Have
you found an answer?” Helix General suddenly asked, his voice
sounding small.
Turning
from his terminal, Helix nodded, watching Obi-Wan closely as he tried
to focus on the medic only to close his eyes. “Yes General, I do
believe I have… and you are in line for a nice long rest in the
medbay and
after that, a
good meal and a big glass of water, no caffeine,” He murmured
soothingly. “You have a migraine General, a particular kind.
Unfortunately I can’t treat it to removal but I can treat the
symptoms.” Helix stated
soothingly,
moving over to the medical closet to fetch the required items.
There
was a pause, full of surprise before Obi-Wan let out a small. “Oh.”
Of
surprise.
“I’m
also hooking you up to an Iv drip sir. Migraines like this is caused
by blood being constricted in the vessels to the brain, with triggers
like stress, caffeine, lack of sleep, prolonged hunger and many other
symptoms,” Helix turned to the man, finding Obi-Wan squinting at
him. “But perhaps those I listed to you sound familiar, hmm?” The
medic raised a brow.
He
got a sheepish, tired expression in return as
Obi-Wan shrugged slightly before wincing at the sensation that
brought on.
Sighing
in exasperated fondness, Helix felt a reluctant smile cross his face
as he strode back to his General to get him fixed up as best as he
could and then settled down to sleep. ‘Fool Jetti, if we weren’t
around, they’d run themselves into the ground in this war.’ Helix
thought sadly as he pressed the analgesic patch to Obi-Wan’s neck
and then prepped the others right hand for the IV drip needle.
And
for once, as Helix finally got the General to lay down and tucked him
in, the man didn’t argue as he let the medications take effect on
the blasted pain in his head with it’s side effect.
Sometimes
little Force miracles happened even on the Negotiator’s medbay.
‘Like
getting the General to lay down and rest.’