Non-headache symptoms in migraine patients

Ping-Kun Chen; Shuu-Jiun Wang

doi:10.12688/f1000research.12447.1

Non-headache symptoms in migraine patients

F1000Res. 2018 Feb 14:7:188. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.12447.1. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Ping-Kun Chen^{1

2

3}, Shuu-Jiun Wang^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
² Bo-Zhi Neurology Clinic, Taichung, Taiwan.
³ Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

Abstract

Migraine is one of the most common neurological disorders. In addition to severe headaches, non-headache symptoms associated with migraine attacks as well as co-morbid disorders frequently aggravate the disabling of migraine patients. Some of these symptoms are related to poor outcomes. In this review, we update the advances of studies on certain non-headache symptoms, including visual disturbance, gastrointestinal symptoms, allodynia, vestibular symptoms, and symptoms of co-morbid restless legs syndrome and psychiatric disorders.

Keywords: allodynia; depression; migraine; restless legs syndrome; visual disturbance.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This study was supported in part by grants from Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University and Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan [MOHW 105-TDU-B-211-113-003, MOHW 106-TDU-B-211-113001].