menstrual migraine

(1) Attacks of migraine without aura that occur regularly on day 1 of menstruation and last ± 2 days, occurring at no other time.
(2) A migraine that waxes/wanes in intensity with menstruation.

Clinical findings
PMS symptoms which occur during the luteal phase and include depression, anxiety, crying spells, difficulty thinking, lethargy, backache, breast tenderness, swelling, nausea; migraine and tension headaches may overlap.

Presentation
Over half of women with migraines relate the headaches’ periodicity to menstruation; 15 to 25% have attacks exclusive in the 2 to 3 days before the onset of menstruation. Thus defined, 7% of female migraineurs have only menstrual migraine; menstruation is a trigger for about 60% of migraineurs.

Management
Percutaneous estradiol may control the headaches in women with dysmenorrhoea or ovarian dysfunction.

menstrual migraine

Neurology A migraine that waxes/wanes in intensity with menstruation Management Percutaneous estradiol may control the headaches in ♀ with dysmenorrhea or ovarian dysfunction. See Classical migraine.

Patient discussion about menstrual migraine

Q. preventing pre menstrual MIGRAINES. Has anyone come up with any good preventive medicine for migraines? Mine come systematically right before and during the menstrual cycle. My (male) neurolight in Paris didn't seem to see a linkk with migraines and my cycle - or offer any preventive advice. I take Relpax to relieve. Does anyone have a more natural or preventive solution?

A. I have the same problem and take Topomax to prevent the migrains. Also make sure you get enough rest right before you start. There seems to be a correlation. It took about 2 months to fully work but at least the first migrain after I started taking Topomax wasn't as severe.

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There was a 6% prevalence of menstrual migraine in our study, which is similar to the findings of 6.2% menstrual migraine prevalence in a study conducted at a medical college in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.[17]

Prevalence of migraine among medical students of a tertiary care teaching medical college and hospital in South India - A cross-sectional study

Naproxen sodium in menstrual migraine prophylaxis: a double-blind placebo controlled study.

Contraceptive considerations for women with headache and migraine: What are the benefits and risks of using hormonal contraceptives in women with headache and migraine?

* Clinical patterns suggestive of menstrual migraine. About half of women affected by migraine have menstrually-related migraines (MRM); 3% to 12% have pure menstrual migraines (PMM).

Menstrual migraines: which options and when?

Menstrual migraine affects approximately 20% of all female migraineurs and they are reported to be more severe, longer lasting, more prone to recurrence & more resistant to treatment than nonmenstrual migraine attacks.

The clinical management of menstrual migraine and headache by the herbal medicine practitioner

A 12-week, open-label study of 51 women with menstrual migraine looked at pain intensity, analgesic use, and migraine disability.

New data propel headache neuromodulation devices toward approval

Basking Ridge, NJ, June 17, 2016 --(PR.com)-- The results of two studies, presented at the American Headache Society (AHS) Science Meeting last weekend in San Diego, show that using electroCore's non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) therapy, gammaCore[R], is effective at preventing both cluster headache and menstrual migraine. Cluster headache is considered one of the most painful conditions known to medical science with more than three hundred and fifty thousand patients in the US, and approximately one hundred thousand patients in the UK, suffering from this debilitating condition.

ElectroCore's Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation (nVNS) Demonstrates Efficacy in Preventing Cluster Headache and Menstrual Migraine

The Exa Test is far more accurate than traditional blood tests and has revolutionized electrolyte research, especially for magnesium, a key factor in menstrual migraine. (13,14) It also reveals imbalances created by years of women being told to overdose on calcium.

Finding the real causes of migraine

Vitamin D and calcium in menstrual migraine. Headache 1994; 34: 544-546, doi: 10.1111/j.1526-610.1994.hed3409544.x.

Effect of vitamin D therapy in addition to amitriptyline on migraine attacks in pediatric patients

Menstrual migraine accounts 60% of women with headache.

Special issues in managing migraine in women: a review article

He said the term "menstrual migraine" is used mainly to describe migraines that occur in women who have almost all of their headaches from two days before to one day after their menstrual periods and declining levels of estrogen at the onset of menses is likely to be the cause of menstrual migraines.