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Migraine Warnings
Author(s) -
Amery Willem K.,
Waelkens Jan,
Vandenbergh Vic
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1986.hed2602060.x
Subject(s) - migraine , aura , headaches , medicine , merge (version control) , migraine with aura , disease , pediatrics , psychiatry , incidence (geometry) , physics , computer science , optics , information retrieval
SYNOPSIS The early prodromal phase of a migraine attack, poorly documented yet conceivably relevant to the pathogenesisof the attack, was studied in 149 patients, mainly female, with classic or common migraine who were aware ofthese prodromal phenomena. On a questionnaire a variety of prodromes, nearly all well reproduceable, werereported. Day‐before and day‐of‐attack symptoms were noticed by 79% and 88% of the patients, respectively. Inthe other 12–21% signs were mainly observed by the partner. Some prodromes invoked the “cause orconsequence?” question as to certain trigger factors. Others bore rather striking similarities to the classic aura, sothat evolutive symptoms seemed to merge with the early part of the migraine attack. The incidence, or at least theawareness of prodromes was correlated with the occurrence of some factors aggravating the headache and withpost‐attack symptoms, was higher in women, in patients with long‐standing disease and frequent attacks, inpatients who had other types of headaches as well, and in classic migraine sufferers.