background: neurologic literature on therapeutic effect of subcutaneous corticosteroids in patients with migrainous chronic daily headache is scarce. the aim of this research is to assess the therapeutic effects of this management in such patients. methods: consecutive patients with migrainous chronic daily headache enrolled a prospective before-after therapeutic study during 2010-2013. methylp...

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...

Introduction: Headache is one of the essential symptoms pituitary adenoma associated with tumor and patient’s characteristics. The pattern adenoma-related headaches varies widely can significantly impact quality life. Objectives: We aimed to investigate severity in patients Iran. Patients Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we investigated 109 an initial complement headaches. diagnosis was ...

background: headache and epilepsy are two common chronic and recurrent disorders. headache may be a premonitory or postdromic symptom of epileptic seizures. objective: this study aims to evaluate the prevalence of migraine and tension type headache in epileptic patients. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional descriptive study, 100 patients with epilepsy who referred to the neurology clini...

BACKGROUND An association between restless legs syndrome and migraine has been reported recently. The clinical correlates and impact of comorbidity of restless legs syndrome (RLS) are not fully described in patients with migraine. OBJECTIVES To investigate the frequency of RLS among different primary headache disorders, and its impact and clinical correlates in migraine patients. METHODS Co...

Studying the epidemiology and impact of headache can help improve patient care, estimate the burden of disease, and refine classification systems. This article reviews the results of several epidemiological studies on headache and migraine. In resolving and overcoming barriers to care, disability is a key factor and a cost driver. Although treatment guidelines are an important step for creating...

Background Headache is a common and very disabling disease in pediatric population and also its management in ambulatory and emergency pediatric unit has a significant economic and social impact. For these reasons, it seemed appropriate to identify care pathways involving different specialists of hospital and local healthcare services that collaborate together to improve diagnosis and managemen...

PURPOSE This was the open-label study to evaluate the potential benefit of Pinus radiata bark extract and vitamin C as a treatment for migraine. METHODS Fifty outpatients with chronic migraine refractory to at least two prophylactic medications were treated with an antioxidant formulation of 1200 mg Pinus radiata bark extract and 150 mg vitamin C daily for 3 months. Patients completed migrain...

The benefits of resistance training (RT) for migraineurs appears to be lacking although beneficial aerobic have been shown in previous studies. aim the current study, therefore, is investigate influence RT on migraine headache indices, upper and lower-body strength, quality life (QOL) women with disorders. Twenty female patients who were referred by a neurologist randomly assigned two groups in...