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Geomagnetic Activity and the Severity of the Migraine Attack
Author(s) -
Kuritzky A.,
Zoldan Y.,
Hering R.,
Stoupel E.
Publication year - 1987
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.1526-4610.1987.hed2702087.x
Subject(s) - headaches , migraine , medicine , earth's magnetic field , quiet , anesthesia , surgery , magnetic field , physics , quantum mechanics
SYNOPSIS Thirty patients suffering from either classical or common migraine recorded the dates of their headaches and their severity. A total of 486 attacks in fourteen months were recorded. Daily Geomagnetic activity (GMA) was obtained and graded to four levels of activity. No correlation was found between the frequency of the migraine attacks and the degree of GMA. The severity of the headache however was linearly correlated with the level of GMA, increasing from 25.9% of severe headaches in days with quiet GMA to 43.75% of severe headaches in days with stormy GMA.