Migraine is, essentially, an episodic disease. However, characteristics of headache of some episodic migraine change like as tension-type headache and number of headache days also increased, as a result, develop into chronic migraine.However, it is difficult to distinguish chronic migraine and medication oversuse headache. For this reason, and because of the general rule, The international Clas...

OBJECTIVES The study objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of homeopathic medicines for the prevention and treatment of migraine in children. DESIGN This was an observational, prospective, open, nonrandomized, noncomparative, multicenter study. SETTING/LOCATION The study was conducted in 12 countries worldwide. SUBJECTS Fifty-nine (59) physicians trained in the prescription of homeo...

Abstract Background Some researches have shown the association between iron deficiency and migraine headache in adults. The aim of present study was to evaluate efficacy of ferrous sulfate treatment on migraine headaches of 5-15 years old migraineur children with iron deficiency. Materials and Methods In a quasi- experimental study, monthly frequency, seve...

CONTEXT A previous cross-sectional study showed an association of migraine with a higher prevalence of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-measured ischemic lesions in the brain. OBJECTIVE To determine whether women or men with migraine (with and without aura) have a higher incidence of brain lesions 9 years after initial MRI, whether migraine frequency was associated with progression of brain l...

We aimed to determine the association of cervical range motion (ROM) with clinical features headache and neck pain psychosocial factors in patients migraine. Seventy women diagnosed migraine were questioned regarding onset frequency, presence, intensity self-reported pain. These individuals also completed following questionnaires: Neck Disability Index, Migraine Assessment, Patient Health Quest...

Trained telephone interviewers contacted 1,573 adults across Canada about the nature and frequency of headaches suffered by them or by others in their households. Using a table of pain symptoms and other characteristics abstracted from the International Headache Society (IHS) classification, the headaches were assigned to migraine headache, tension-type headache or other diagnostic groups. Of t...

Migraine is the most common form of disabling primary headache and affects approximately 12% of studied Caucasian populations. Non-pharmacological management of migraine largely consists of lifestyle advice to help sufferers avoid situations in which attacks will be triggered. Preventive treatments for migraine should usually be considered on the basis of attack frequency, particularly its tren...

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...

BACKGROUND Migraine is a chronic neurological disease with several trigger factors, including dietary, hormonal and environmental factors. PURPOSE To analyse precipitating factors in a sample of migraine patients. METHOD Two hundred consecutive migraine patients were interviewed about possible trigger factors for migraine attacks. RESULTS Most patients showed at least one dietary trigger,...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There are few studies that have investigated predictive factors related to migraine prophylaxis of which produced inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to identify factors that can predict the treatment response to topiramate prophylaxis in pediatric patients with migraine. METHODS One hundred and thirteen patients who were older than 7 years and received topi...