context migraine is a kind of primary headache that affects 10% to 20% of people worldwide. recent studies have shown that migraines can be involved in strokes incidences, especially ischemic strokes.hence, the current study aimed to review evidence in relation to migraine and risk of stroke. evidence acquisition a literature search was done for related articles dated between 1993 and 2013 on p...

background: the prevalence of migraine headaches significantly increased in girls after menarche. this indicated that there is a closely relation between hormonal changes especially the estrogen level with migraine headaches. objectives: the aim of this work was to determine the frequency of migraine and its associated factors in medical students affected with premenstrual syndrome (pms). mater...

introduction headache is a common complaint in children, and it has a significant effect on their daily living activities. having a definite diagnosis for the cause of the headache is very important for its appropriate management. case presentation we report a 12-year-old boy complaining of chronic headache, with a positive family history of migraine. the only abnormal finding in his general an...

neurobrucellosis (n.b) is a rare and severe form of systemic brucella infection. we introduced an unusual case that “psychologic symptoms” was the most prominent complaints of his family. he was a 50-year-old man who has worked in butchery. his problems had begun 2 months prior to his admission with mood disorders, arthralgia, weakness, headache, and night sweats; he has recurrent crying with n...

conclusions results of this study showed that c. sativum fruit is efficient in reduction of the duration and frequency of migraine attacks and in diminishing pain degree. results of 68 patients randomized, 66 were included in analysis. the generalized estimating equations analysis showed that the coriander fruit syrup decreased duration, severity and frequency of migraine, in the intervention g...

occipital neuralgia is a condition manifested by chronic occipital headaches and is thought to be caused by irritation or trauma to the greater occipital nerve (gon). treatment for occipital neuralgia includes medications, nerve blocks, and pulsed radiofrequency ablation (prfa). landmark-guided gon blocks are the mainstay in both the diagnosis and treatment of occipital neuralgia. ultrasound is...

based on the conducted anatomic studies at our institutions as well as clinical experience with migraine surgery, we have refined our onobotulinumtoxin a (botox®) injection techniques. pain management physicians are in unique position to be able to not only treat migraine patient, but also to be able to collaborate with neurologists and peripheral nerve surgeons in identifying the migraine trig...