PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article provides an overview of the differences in epidemiology, presentation, and treatment of pediatric headache compared to adult headache. NEW FINDINGS New proposals are presented regarding the classification of pediatric migraine and ophthalmoplegic migraine. The distinction between basilar migraine and migraine with aura is reconsidered. SUMMARY Pediatric headac...

OBJECTIVE To investigate urine albumin leakage as a marker of endothelial dysfunction in migraine patients. DESIGN A population-based health study. PARTICIPANTS 303 patients with migraine, 1009 patients with non-migraine headache and 5287 headache-free controls. OUTCOMES The association between urine albumin- to-creatine ratio (ACR) and headache status was investigated in the Nord-Trøndel...

epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders which a physician might come across in his career life. on the other hand, migraine is common disorders in society chronic headache such as migraine in epileptic patients give ride to difficulties in seizure treatment due to altering the sleeping pattern and calmness disarrangement. therefore, early diagnosis and suitable treatment in ep...

This is the first study to assess the prevalence of headache and migraine among Pomeranian descendents in Brazil. A high prevalence of headache in the last 6 months was found (53.2%). Most headache sufferers were diagnosed as having migraine (55%). More women reported to have headache than men (65% and 33.8%, respectively). Migraine was the most common headache found among women (62.2%). Among ...

classification system for headache by the International Headache Society should be considered relevant to the practice of psychiatrists and other mental health specialists (Headache Classification Subcommittee of the International Headache Society, 2004). Migraine is a chronic paroxysmal disorder characterised by stereotypical attacks of headache, focal neurological symptoms or a combination of...

BACKGROUND Migraine is a highly prevalent chronic disorder associated with significant morbidity. Chronic daily headache syndromes, while less common, are less likely to be recognized, and impair quality of life to an even greater extent than episodic migraine. A variety of screening and diagnostic tools for migraine have been proposed and studied. Few investigators have developed and evaluated...

Background. Our aim was to investigate the association between migraine, tension type headache, and metabolic syndrome. Methods. Presence of tension type headache and migraine was investigated in 120 patients diagnosed as metabolic syndrome. The severity of the headache was recorded according to the visual analog scale. Results. Mean age of the patients was 54.41 ± 11.60 years (range, 29-84 yrs...

Several lines of investigation suggest that obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) may be associated with serotonergic dysfunction. Researchers have also suggested that serotonin plays an important role in the migraine headache process. However, there are few published reports examining the relation between clinical OCD and migraine headache. Researchers have suggested that the migraine headache sy...

AIM To suggest diagnostic combinations of symptoms for migraine and tension type headache (TTH), and for differentiation of overlapping headache (classified as either migraine or TTH) through evaluation of the diagnostic value of combinations of characteristics included in the International Headache Society diagnostic criteria for migraine and TTH in children and adolescents. PATIENTS AND MET...