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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,169 Views
17 Pages

Study to Determine the Prevalence of Menstrual Migraine in Reproductive-Age Women in Saudi Arabia

  • Zainah Al-Qahtani,
  • Bayapa Reddy Narapureddy,
  • Lingala Kalyan Viswanath Reddy,
  • Hassan Yahya M. Asiri,
  • Ahmed Abdullah H. Alsulami,
  • Nawaf Khalid Ahmed Hassan,
  • Rammas Abdullah Shawkhan,
  • Nouf Abdulraheem Hamood,
  • Hussein Ahmed M. Almahdi and
  • Bassam Ahmed A. Almaker
  • + 4 authors

25 January 2024

Background: Migraine is a common health condition in both men and women. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects many women during their menstrual cycle, with around 50–60% of women with migraine attacks experiencing menstrual headaches. Most have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,405 Views
8 Pages

Menstrual Headache in Women with Chronic Migraine Treated with Erenumab: An Observational Case Series

  • Raffaele Ornello,
  • Ilaria Frattale,
  • Valeria Caponnetto,
  • Eleonora De Matteis,
  • Francesca Pistoia and
  • Simona Sacco

Background: We aimed to assess the differences between menstrual and non-menstrual headache in women with chronic migraine treated with erenumab. Methods: We included fertile women from a single center. Patients were defined as responders to erenumab...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,311 Views
29 Pages

Has the Phase of the Menstrual Cycle Been Considered in Studies Investigating Pressure Pain Sensitivity in Migraine and Tension-Type Headache: A Scoping Review

  • Francisca Curiel-Montero,
  • Francisco Alburquerque-Sendín,
  • César Fernández-de-las-Peñas and
  • Daiana P. Rodrigues-de-Souza

21 September 2021

Objective: The aim of this scoping review was to identify if the phase of the menstrual cycle was considered in observational studies comparing pressure pain sensitivity between women with migraine or tension-type headache (TTH) and headache-free wom...

  • Review
  • Open Access
80 Citations
24,245 Views
25 Pages

Role of Estrogens in Menstrual Migraine

  • Rossella E. Nappi,
  • Lara Tiranini,
  • Simona Sacco,
  • Eleonora De Matteis,
  • Roberto De Icco and
  • Cristina Tassorelli

15 April 2022

Migraine is a major neurological disorder affecting one in nine adults worldwide with a significant impact on health care and socioeconomic systems. Migraine is more prevalent in women than in men, with 17% of all women meeting the diagnostic criteri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,250 Views
16 Pages

Urinary Proteomics Reveals Promising Biomarkers in Menstrually Related and Post-Menopause Migraine

  • Elisa Bellei,
  • Stefania Bergamini,
  • Cecilia Rustichelli,
  • Emanuela Monari,
  • Michele Dal Porto,
  • Alessandro Fiorini,
  • Aldo Tomasi and
  • Anna Ferrari

24 April 2021

Migraine is an invalidating neuro-vascular disorder largely spread in the world population. Currently, its pathophysiology is not yet completely understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the urinary proteome of women suffering from men...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,089 Views
11 Pages

17 July 2023

An estimated 4–8% of all women, and 16–25% of women with migraine, have menstrual migraine (MM), which causes considerable disability, but is underdiagnosed and undertreated. We investigated the burden of disease, health-care seeking beha...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1,816 Views
9 Pages

Relationship of Reduced Pain Intensity and Improved Quality-of-Life with Menstrual Migraine with Aspirin, Acetaminophen, and Caffeine Combination

  • Ashoke Mitra,
  • Mako Araga,
  • Abhay Aher,
  • Jay Xu,
  • Gilbert Shanga,
  • Billy Franks and
  • Richard Petruschke

Objective: The objective of the current post hoc analysis is to evaluate whether the combination of acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine (AAC) is more effective than placebo in relieving the pain intensity for and improving the quality-of-life (QoL)...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
14,749 Views
16 Pages

Acute and Preventive Management of Migraine during Menstruation and Menopause

  • Raffaele Ornello,
  • Eleonora De Matteis,
  • Chiara Di Felice,
  • Valeria Caponnetto,
  • Francesca Pistoia and
  • Simona Sacco

24 May 2021

Migraine course is influenced by female reproductive milestones, including menstruation and perimenopause; menstrual migraine (MM) represents a distinct clinical entity. Increased susceptibility to migraine during menstruation and in perimenopause is...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
12,306 Views
23 Pages

Botulinum Toxin a Valuable Prophylactic Agent for Migraines and a Possible Future Option for the Prevention of Hormonal Variations-Triggered Migraines

  • Lorena Dima,
  • Andreea Bălan,
  • Marius Alexandru Moga,
  • Cătălina Georgeta Dinu,
  • Oana Gabriela Dimienescu,
  • Ioana Varga and
  • Andrea Elena Neculau

8 August 2019

Background: In 1989, Botulinum toxin (BoNT) was accepted by the FDA for the management of some ophthalmic disorders. Although it was initially considered a lethal toxin, in recent times, Botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A), which is the more used serotype, ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,177 Views
10 Pages

22 April 2022

Resveratrol, a vasoactive phytoestrogen, has beneficial effects on cerebrovascular function. Previous research has shown that hormonal migraineurs have poorer cerebrovascular function than non-migraineur women. We aimed to investigate if resveratrol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,892 Views
12 Pages

Quantitative Electroencephalographic Analysis in Women with Migraine during the Luteal Phase

  • Héctor Juan Pelayo-González,
  • Verónica Reyes-Meza,
  • Ignacio Méndez-Balbuena,
  • Oscar Méndez-Díaz,
  • Carlos Trenado,
  • Diane Ruge,
  • Gregorio García-Aguilar and
  • Vicente Arturo López-Cortés

23 June 2023

Migraine is a common, headache disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of headache often associated with nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and phonophobia. Prior to puberty, boys and girls are equally affected. Female preponderance emerges after pu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,818 Views
12 Pages

15 August 2022

Migraine is a chronic disease of global concern, regardless of socio-economic and cultural background. It most often and intensely affects young adults, especially women. Numerous mechanisms of a migraine attack have been identified (disturbances in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,633 Views
22 Pages

Climate Change and Air Pollution-Related Health Effects on Pain

  • Pamela Kushner,
  • Pranab Kalita,
  • Frédérique Bariguian Revel,
  • Christie Oliver,
  • Mounika Nangineedi and
  • Mary Cardosa

Climate change-related weather extremes and air pollution have wide-ranging health effects, with emerging evidence suggesting a potential influence on pain. This narrative review explores the relationship between climate-related weather parameters/ai...

  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
15,016 Views
12 Pages

Neuroendocrine Changes during Menopausal Transition

  • Andrea Giannini,
  • Marta Caretto,
  • Andrea R. Genazzani and
  • Tommaso Simoncini

14 October 2021

Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstrual cycles following the loss of ovarian follicular activity. Quality of life of postmenopausal woman is the result of a series of psychobiological transformations, that see in the reduction of sex hormon...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,082 Views
15 Pages

Fibromyalgia in Pregnancy: Neuro-Endocrine Fluctuations Provide Insight into Pathophysiology and Neuromodulation Treatment

  • Viviana Mucci,
  • Ilaria Demori,
  • Cherylea J. Browne,
  • Choi Deblieck and
  • Bruno Burlando

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain disorder with unclear pathophysiological mechanisms, which leads to challenges in patient management. In addition to pain, the disorder presents with a broad range of symptoms, such as sleep disruption, chronic fat...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,635 Views
21 Pages

Plectranthus Species with Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Potential: A Systematic Review on Ethnobotanical and Pharmacological Findings

  • Maysa de Oliveira Barbosa,
  • Polrat Wilairatana,
  • Giovana Mendes de Lacerda Leite,
  • Gyllyandeson de Araújo Delmondes,
  • Lucas Yure Santos da Silva,
  • Silvio Caetano Alves Júnior,
  • Lindaiane Bezerra Rodrigues Dantas,
  • Daniel Souza Bezerra,
  • Izabel Cristina Santiago Lemos de Beltrão and
  • Marta Regina Kerntopf Mendonça
  • + 5 authors

26 July 2023

The use of medicinal plants to treat inflammatory conditions and painful processes has attracted the attention of scientists and health professionals due to the evidence that natural products can promote significant therapeutic benefits associated wi...