If possible, precipitating factors should be identified. As an example, the use of caffeine may exacerbate migraine and should be eliminated. Sleep disturbances, such as snoring or frequent awakenings, may precipitate headache. Rarely, a temporal relationship is established between diet and headache; in these cases, an elimination diet may be helpful. Dehydration and missing meals are also comm...

OBJECTIVE To identify the frequency of typical (headache and dizziness) and common atypical (ear fullness, pressure, pain, tinnitus, facial fullness, and nasal congestion) migraine symptoms as chief complaints among patients presenting to otolaryngology clinic. METHODS This is a descriptive study of prospectively collected data from a general otolaryngology practice. Typical migraine presenta...

BACKGROUND The third occipital nerve is often encountered during the occipital migraine surgery, however its contribution to migraine headaches is unclear. The objective of this study was to determine whether removing the third occipital nerve plays any role in the clinical outcomes of occipital migraine surgery. METHODS A retrospective comparative review was conducted on all occipital migrai...

Previous reports have suggested that platelet level of serotonin in chronic tension headache (CTH) is lower than in normal control subjects, and that there is continuous activation of platelets both in migraine and in CTH. In this study we compared platelet serotonin concentration in 95 patients with CTH, 166 patients with migraine and 35 normal control subjects. Mean platelet serotonin (ng/10(...

background: the correlation of metabolic syndrome and migraine headache was evaluated in some previous studies. however there is no study that compared the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the patients with and without migraine. control of coincidental factors such as metabolic syndrome reduces therapeutic resistance in migrainous patients. the aim of this study was to compare prevalence of ...

Background Hypoxia causes secondary headaches such as high-altitude headache (HAH) and headache due to acute mountain sickness. These secondary headaches mimic primary headaches such as migraine, which suggests a common link. We review and discuss the possible role of hypoxia in migraine and cluster headache. Methods This narrative review investigates the current level of knowledge on the relat...

The vast majority of people worldwide experience headache at least once during a lifetime. Several international studies have shown that the lifetime prevalence of headache ranges from 60% to 93% in men and from 82% to 99% among women. One-year prevalence rates by gender vary greatly by country, ranging from 40% to 91% for women and 19% to 84% for men. These dramatic variations in headache prev...

BACKGROUND Four ongoing U.S. public health surveillance studies gather information relevant to the prevalence, impact, and treatment of headache and migraine: the National Health Interview Survey, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the National Ambulatory Care Survey, and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. The American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention (AM...

BACKGROUND Migraine headache prevalence and triggers in type2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were investigated in previous studies but the results are contradictory. Therefore, in this study we examined the prevalence of migraine headache in diabetic patients in comparison with non-diabetic persons and its predisposing factors in 2014. METHODS We enrolled 147 volunteer patients with T2DM and 150 he...

OBJECTIVE Previous research shows that migraine and general headache symptoms increase after traumatic events. Questions remain about whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) produces migraine/headache symptoms, or if individuals afflicted by migraine/headache are especially likely to develop PTSD. We test whether PTSD symptoms following a natural disaster are associated with higher odds of...