BACKGROUND/AIM Definition of menstrual migraine as a specific clinical entity or, maybe, migraine headache with menstrually related occurring, still remains unresolved question. The aim of this study was to investigate if perimenstrual headache in our patients fulfills diagnostic the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) criteria for migraine without aura or represents a dif...

The Clinical Trials Subcommittee of the International Headache Society published its first edition of the guidelines on controlled trials of drugs in tension-type headache in 1995. These aimed 'to improve the quality of controlled clinical trials in tension-type headache', because 'good quality controlled trials are the only way to convincingly demonstrate the efficacy of a drug, and form the b...

Gary A. L’Europa MD, FASH  wHat CliniCal findings are Most useful for differentiating aMong tHe various types of HeadaCHes? When asked to comment on this topic I immediately thought of the advice that Seymour Diamond, founder of the Diamond Headache Center and the godfather of headache gave to his daughter Merl when she succeeded him as director, “Merl, it’s all migraine.” About 90% of all the...

BACKGROUND Hemodialysis (HD)-related headaches are a common complaint of patients undergoing this procedure. OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and clinical characteristics of headache in patients undergoing HD and to discuss their diagnostic criteria. METHOD The present study assessed, in a prospective manner, a series of patients consulting at a HD center in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, fr...

Pupil diameter was measured in darkness and in dull and bright illumination in 39 migrainous patients and in 15 tension headache sufferers during headache. In 21 migrainous patients, measurements were repeated during the headache-free interval. Mean pupil diameter was smaller in patients with common migraine at the time of examination than in 20 nonheadache control subjects, and smaller on the ...

part of the study " Autonomic activation and pain " , investigating responses to low-grade stress in patients with migraine, tension-type headache, fibromyalgia and chronic shoulder/neck pains. (" Samarbeidsorganet "). I wish to express my sincere gratitude to a number of people who I have had the pleasure to work with over the last years: first of all I wish to thank my supervisors Trond Sand ...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of headache in adolescents and its association with excessive use of electronic devices and games. The sample comprised 954 adolescents of both sexes (14 to 19 years) who answered a questionnaire about use of computers and electronic games, presence of headache and physical activity. The binary and multinomial logistic regression, with signi...

We performed a long-term follow-up examination in children and adolescents with migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) in order to investigate the evolution of clinical features and headache diagnoses, to compare International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD)-I and ICHD-II criteria and to identify prognostic factors. We re-examined 227 patients (52.4% female, age 17.6 +/- 3.1 years...

Population-based epidemiological studies about the prevalence of chronic migraine using the 2004 International Headache Society (IHS) classification definition are rare. We analysed the data of the Deutsche Migräne und Kopfschmerz Gesellschaft headache study, which included 7417 adults in three regions of Germany, with respect to their headache. Additionally, body mass index, alcohol consumptio...

In contrast to patent foramen ovale that is highly prevalent in the general population, atrial septal defect (ASD) is a rare congenital heart defect. The effect of ASD closure on headache and migraine remains a matter of controversy. The objectives of our study were (1) to determine headache prevalence in consecutive patients with ASD scheduled for percutaneous closure for cardiologic indicatio...