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Paroxysmal Hemicrania Related to Menstruation

August 15, 2009 by dean · Leave a Comment 

Here we go again – another headache type that occurs within the menstrual period!  Last count it was migraine, tension-type headache, cluster headache …

This case study describes a 43 year old woman who initially had menstrual related migraine which later developed into a typical paroxysmal hemicrania (similar to cluster headache). So here we have menstrual migraine and menstrual paroxysmal hemicrania in the one person, both of which responded to the ‘triptans’.

Just further evidence supporting that headache and migraine develops from one condition – sensitisation of the brainstem (remember that the ‘triptans’ desensitise the brainstem).

Cheers

Dean

(Maggioni F. Menstrual paroxysmal hemicrania, a possible new entity? Cephalalgia 2007;27:1085-1087)

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Consultant Headache & Migraine Physiotherapist; International Teacher; Director, The Headache Clinic & Watson Headache Institute; PhD Candidate Murdoch University, Western Australia; Adjunct Lecturer, Masters Program, Physiotherapy School, University of South Australia; MAppSc(Res) GradDipAdvManipTher Experienced health practitioners trained in the Watson Headache Approach perform the examination and treatment techniques developed by Dean Watson. These techniques are based on his extensive experience of 7000 headache patients (21,000 hours) over 21 years and are now taught internationally. For your nearest practitioner who has completed training in the ‘Watson Headache Approach’ please refer to the ‘Practitioner Directory’.

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