Although the International Headache Society's classification of headache has greatly enhanced the diagnosis of migraine and cluster headache, its application in chronic headache has been less than satisfactory. Based on a review of the literature and the author's experience, this article demonstrates the need for an expanded and modified classification and broader understanding of chronic heada...

Migraine is a disorder of multisensory integration somatosensory, visual, auditory, olfactory stimuli, which subsequently can lead to various combinations symptoms: headache, photophobia, phonophobia, nausea/vomiting, osmophobia.The purpose the study: To isolate characteristics pain phenomenon (frequency, duration, and severity migraine symptoms) in relation associated symptoms patients. Materi...

Until now, the diagnosis of “migraine” is exclusively clinical, and any diagnostic tests are aimed only at excluding other causes of headache [4]. There are also problems with migraine treatment and although both traditional analgesics and specific anti-migraine products are available in the market, treatment of migraine patients is still not sufficiently effective. For example, specific anti-m...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Migraine with aura is an established stroke risk factor, and excitatory mechanisms such as spreading depression (SD) are implicated in the pathogenesis of both migraine and stroke. Spontaneous SD waves originate within the peri-infarct tissue and exacerbate the metabolic mismatch during focal cerebral ischemia. Genetically enhanced SD susceptibility facilitates anoxic dep...

Chronic migraine is a disabling disorder that is costly to individuals and society. Occipital nerve stimulation has been used to treat refractory cases of primary headache disorders including drug-resistant chronic cluster headaches and chronic migraine. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) off-labeled application of equipment used for peripheral nerve (occipital) stimulation is borrowed from...

Migraine is a highly prevalent and disabling disease. The drugs prescribed for migraine prophylaxis can have intolerable side effects or can be ineffective. Neuromodulation techniques are increasingly used in neurology. Transcutaneous supraorbital nerve stimulation is effective in episodic migraine prevention, whereas vagus nerve stimulation provides interesting results in acute migraine therap...

Introduction. Understanding the clinical and psychological characteristics of migraine patients is essential for developing effective multidisciplinary treatment that includes methods. The personality continue to be studied discussed. study individual-psychological in with different frequency topical. Aim. To assess varying migraine. Materials Methods. Sixty patients, mean age 32.92 ± 6.23 year...

The following paper is a case study of a patient with a history of chronic headaches (originally diagnosed as migraine without aura) who was being treaded at the Macquarie University Chiropractic Outpatients Clinic for cervical spine dysfunction. The treatments successfully reduced the upper neck and thoracic pain that the patient was experiencing and for which they had initially presented at t...

OBJECTIVES To assess how much the association between migraine and depression may be explained by various measures of stress. DESIGN National Population Health Survey is a prospective cohort study representative of the Canadian population. Eight years of follow-up time were used in the present analyses. SETTING Canadian adult population ages 18-64. PARTICIPANTS 9288 participants. OUTCOM...