objective the aim of this study was to identify the best criteria for diagnosis of migraine in our pediatric population. materials and methods a total of 85 children aged below 15 years who had been referred to the neurology clinic of al-zahra hospital with headache as their chief complaint, were enrolled. validated questionnaires were completed by them. the patients were evaluated using five s...

Migraine headache is strongly influenced by reproductive events that occur throughout the lifespan of women. Each of these reproductive events has a different "hormonal milieu," which might modulate the clinical course of migraine headache. Estrogen and progesterone can be preventative or provocative for migraine headache under different circumstances depending on their absolute serum levels, c...

The headache histories obtained from clinical interviews of 600 patients were analysed by computer to see whether patients could be separated systematically into clinical categories and to see whether sets of symptoms commonly reported together differed in distribution among the categories. The computer classification procedure assigned 537 patients to the same category as their clinical diagno...

Background: Migraine and other recurrent headaches are considered a major public health concern. Levetiracetam, a broad spectrum anti-epileptic have been used in migraine prophylaxis. Objectives: Assessment the efficacy of levetiracetam on migraine in comparison to sodium valproate. Materials and Methods: This randomized double blind clinical trial was performed on patients with migraine ...

OBJECTIVE Clinical and basic research increasingly suggests a correlation between migraine and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In this study, we aimed to explore the clinical features and risk factors for IBS in migraine patients. METHODS This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study. A total of 1,112 consecutive patients from the internal medicine and emergency departments of three hospita...

Although the understanding of the pathophysiology and the pharmacology of migraine has exploded there are still many pitfalls that may occur in the clinical assessment and management of migraine. This may prevent the patient from receiving optimal treatment. A diagnosis of migraine may be missed in the presence of other headache types that occur more frequently than migraine. Also, migraine may...

background: migraine is defined as a chronic disabling condition which influences all physical, mental, and social dimensions of quality of life. some 12-15% of the world population suffers from migraine. the disease is more common among women. the onset, frequency, duration, and severity of migraine attacks may be affected by other predisposing factors including nutrition. therefore, determini...

Childhood migraine may present in a similar way to migraine in adults but non-headache and neurological symptoms (aura) may be more prominent than the headache. No formal classification of headaches specific to children exists. The International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) from the International Headache Society (IHS) defines migraine and recognises the childhood variants in its...

conclusions migraine and cluster headache have complex pathophysiologies. the exact mechanism causing pain in both conditions is incompletely understood and more research needs to be undertaken in this area. results there is evidence that the trigeminovascular system and neurogenic inflammation play important roles, together with certain areas of the brain, leading to these conditions being ter...

Migraine is a neurological disorder that afflicts many people in the world and can cause severe disability during the attacks. The pathophysiology of migraine is complex and not fully understood. It seems that migraine is common in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). However, the association between migraine headache and IIH is still unclear. The present study was conducted to assess th...