Migraine and ischemic strokes are two of the most prevalent diseases worldwide. Besides having a coincident symptomatology, for long researchers have been searching for a possible causal relation between these diseases. Current evidence based on data suggest that patients with aura migraine could have a doubled risk of developing an ischemic stroke, when compared to the rest of the population. ...

The prevalence of migraine is higher in women than men, with female to male ratio 3:1 reproductive age. It believed that sex hormones play significant role pathogenesis. Therefore, treatment has some specificities due hormonal differences between sexes and fluctuations during menstrual cycle, pregnancy, lactation perimenopause. Treatment pregnancy depends on safety profile the therapy. NSAID-s ...

In contrast to the relatively stable hormone profile during the middle reproductive years, the perimenopause is marked by erratic fluctuations of oestrogen and progesterone. By the late perimenopause, oestrogen levels can reach high magnitudes.1 Given the association between migraine and oestrogen ‘withdrawal’ it is not surprising that this stage of life is often accompanied by worsening migrai...

We report a young migraine sufferer who developed bilateral posterior cerebral artery territory infarcts during the course of his classic migraines, the second of which was associated with intraluminal clot in the posterior cerebral artery. To our knowledge, bilateral posterior cerebral artery stroke from spontaneous migraine has not been reported. Head computed tomographic, magnetic resonance ...

igraine has generally been conceptualized as a primary isorder of the brainstem that mediates sensory input and eural influences on cranial vessels. It is estimated that ,500,000 patients in the U.S. have at least one migraine per eek, with a lifetime prevalence of 18%. Migraine is a risk actor for cryptogenic stroke, particularly in young patients ithout atherosclerosis risk factors. In fact, ...

background: previous literatures have shown a transient ischemic attack  (tia) mimic rate  of 9-31%. we aimed  to ascertain the proportion of stroke mimics amongst suspected tia patients. methods: a prospective observational study was performed in   ghaem   hospital,   mashhad,   iran   during   2012-2013. consecutive tia patients  were identified in a stroke center. the  initial diagnosis  of ...

eralized epileptic dysfunction, more marked in the right regions, and phenytoin was started. Mild perceptive deafness was also present. CSF and plasma routine examination was normal. The EMG suggested a moderate axonal neuropathy, mainly involving the lower limbs. Since the muscular biopsy was compatible with mitochondrial involvement, leukocyte mitochondrial DNA was sequenced, showing an A3243...

To determine whether motion sickness induced by optokinetic stimulation would trigger migraine-like attacks, 27 migraine sufferers and 23 controls attended the laboratory up to three times at intervals of at least 3 weeks. On one occasion subjects experienced up to 15 min of optokinetic stimulation, followed by three 30-s applications of ice to the temple at 4-min intervals. On another occasion...

A survey of 148 family doctors attending a continuing medical education migraine update lecture was performed to assess whether family doctors like to treat migraine and other common disorders and the prevalence of migraine. Doctors were asked to respond to the following statement using a five-point Likert scale (from 1, strongly disagree to 5, strongly agree): 'I like to treat patients with th...