background: greater occipital never block has been shown to be an effective treatment in patients with cluster or tension type headache but there are very few studies investigating its effect in patients with chronic migraine. this study was to determine the effectiveness of greater occipital never block on headache in patients with chronic migraine. we designed an interventional before-after s...

Background: Association between Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection and migraine and the effect of HP eradication on relief of migraine headache have been studied but the results are controversial. Objectives: To evaluate the effect of HP eradication in treatment of patients affected by migraine. Materials and Methods: Eighty consecutive HP infected patients affected by migraine without au...

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...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Our aim was to study not only the prevalence but more importantly the severity and the correlation between sleep quality and restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a large population of well-defined migraine patients as poor sleep presumably triggers migraine attacks. METHODS In a large cross-sectional and observational study, data on migraine and RLS were collected from 2385 ...

Background and objectives: Migraine is the seventh most common cause of disability among all ailments according to the World Health Organization. Despite the availability of some medicines for prevention of migraine, their complications are a cause for concern. Traditional system of medicine and use of medicinal herbs can be beneficial in management of migraine. “Gol-e-ghan...

abstract background: migraine is a primary headache disorder that affects the neurovascular system. recent studies have shown that migraine patients with general obesity have higher characteristics of migraine attacks compared with normal weight patients, but data on central obesity are scarce. this study was done to assess the relationship between central obesity and the characteristics of mig...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: migraine is common worldwide. in recent years, vitamin d deficiency has been determined as a global health problem. a few studies have shown inverse relationship between serum vitamin d levels and headache. thus, in this study, we assessed relationship between serum vitamin d levels with migraine. materials and methods: the present study...