OBJECTIVE To assess the rates and predictors of traversing steps essential to good medical care for chronic migraine, including: (1) medical consultation, (2) accurate diagnosis, and (3) minimal pharmacologic treatment. Candidate predictors included socioeconomic, demographic, and headache-specific variables. BACKGROUND Previous research has established that barriers to effective management f...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate whether an individual and parental history of functional pain syndromes (FPS) is found more often in adolescents suffering from chronic pain than in their pain-free peers. METHODS Our case-control study involved 101 adolescents aged 10-18 years. Cases were 45 patients of the Chronic Pain Clinic at Sydney Children's Hospital with diverse chroni...

OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND This study aims to measure olfactory acuity in chronic migraine subjects, at baseline and on migraine days, and compare to age- and sex-matched controls. Olfactory impairment is common in neurological disorders. While smell hypersensitivity has been established with chronic migraine, olfactory acuity has not been well studied. METHODS We recruited 50 subjects with chronic...

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...

Chronic migraine is a common primary headache disorder that actively afflicts as many as 1 in 50 individuals and accounts for a disproportionate share of the financial cost, pain, and emotional suffering produced by migraine generally. “Chronic migraine” implies that one has an established history of migraine, has been experiencing headaches on at least 15 days of each month for at least 3 cons...

This article presents a review of current modern research on the use botulinum toxin therapy for prevention and treatment patients with chronic migraine, as well briefly outlines views pathogenesis its impact quality life patients' ability to work. Botulinum A is currently drug first choice migraine. Numerous studies confirm effectiveness safety in clinical practice.

OBJECTIVES To assess in a headache clinic population the relationship of childhood abuse and neglect with migraine characteristics, including type, frequency, disability, allodynia, and age of migraine onset. BACKGROUND Childhood maltreatment is highly prevalent and has been associated with recurrent headache. Maltreatment is associated with many of the same risk factors for migraine chronifi...

Persistent aura without infarction, a rare migraine disorder, is defined by aura symptoms that persist for >1 week without radiological evidence of cerebral infarction. To unveil its pathophysiological mechanisms, this study used magnetoencephalography to characterize the visual cortex excitability in persistent aura by comparison with episodic and chronic migraine. We recruited six patients wi...

Chronic migraine (1.5.1) is burdened with headache-related disability. During noxious stimulation, changes of cerebral blood flow enhance the release of oxygen free radicals that react with nitric oxide (NO). We investigated the role of biofeedback in limiting migraine disability by influencing oxidative stress. Peroxides, NO and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were analysed in 20 female subjects wi...

Background & Aims: Migraine is a common clinical and chronic disorder. The rate of psychological problems is high among these patients. This study examined the relationship of perfectionism dimensions and personality type with migraine headaches. Methods: This was correlational study on 68 patients referring to neurologists in the city of Kerman, Iran. Participants responded to personality type...