BACKGROUND Common neurological syndrome (migraine without aura) is more common among women than men. Migraine is among the top 20 causes of disability. Menstruation is known to be a powerful trigger for migraine, and so is stress, but the presentation of headache is similar in both. Also, women are more vulnerable to stress as well as migraine, and this makes a complex relationship of menstruat...

CONTEXT Scarcely reported in the literature, crying seems to be an important precipitating factor for both migraine and tension-type headache in daily practice. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of crying as a precipitating factor for migraine and tension-type headache. TYPE OF STUDY Prospective evaluation. PARTICIPANTS 163 workers or students from the Universidade Metropolitana de Santos, w...

The purpose of our study was to perform an epidemiological study of migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) in medical students (MS) at University of Zagreb Medical School and to determine whether there are differences in prevalence, trigger factors, health care utilization and self-medication between sixth year and first year MS. This study included 314 students who answered a questionnaire f...

Clinical question " What is the risk of taking oral contraceptives in patients with a history of migraine with transient neurological signs? " A woman with a history of migraine associated with hemiparaesthesia, and possibly dysphasia, attended her general practitioner suffering from irregular and frequent menstrual cycles. The doctor considered treatment with oral contraceptives to control her...

BACKGROUND Estrogen and progesterone have been associated in women with symptoms that include asthma, migraine, dermatitis and pain. OBJECTIVE We suggest a connection between symptoms associated with hormone changes to a hormone antibody response. METHODS For IgG, IgM and IgE antibodies to progesterone, blood samples were obtained from 288 healthy control subjects by a commercial lab in Cal...

Background Cortical spreading depression (CSD) is the likely culprit of the migraine aura. Migraine is sexually dimorphic and thought to be a "low 5-HT" condition. We sought to decipher the interrelation between serotonin, ovarian hormones and cortical excitability in a model of migraine aura. Methods Occipital KCl-induced CSDs were recorded for one hour at parieto-occipital and frontal levels ...