[Precipitating factors of migraine attacks in patients with migraine without aura].
To study the distribution of triggers of migraine in a selected population, 100 patients who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for migraine without aura as proposed by the International Headache Society were evaluated by means of a personal interview. Stress was the most cited trigger, triggering migraine in 76%. Afterwards, in descending order of frequency, were cited sensorial stimuli (75%), sleep deprivation (49%), hunger (48%), environmental factors (47%), food (46%), menses (39%), fatigue (35%), alcohol (28%), sleep excess (27%), caffeine (22%), physical exertion (20%), head trauma (20%), trips (4%), sexual activity (3%), medications (2%), neck movements (2%), smoking (1%) and the use of a low pillow (1%). It is concluded that certain factors seem to play an important role in the triggering of migraine.
Ierusalimschy
Ricardo
R
Setor de Investigação em Cefaléias, Serviço de Neurologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brasil. rimschy@uol.com.br
Moreira Filho
Pedro Ferreira
PF
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D015985:Precipitating Factors; D012307:Risk Factors; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000150:complications; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications; D014887:Weather