Acute Care and Treatment of Migraine

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Title Acute Care and Treatment of Migraine
Creator Spingos Konstantinos, MD, PgD; Michail Vikelis, MD, MSc, PhD; Alan Rapoport, MD
Affiliation Corfu Headache Clinic (SK), Corfu, Greece; Headache Clinic (VM), Mediterraneo Hospital, Glyfada, Greece and Glyfada Headache Clinic, Glyfada, Greece; and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles (RA), Los Angeles, California; Past President of the International Headache Society (IHS), Founder and Director-Emeritus of the New England Center for Headache, Stamford, Connecticut
Abstract Migraine is a chronic neurological disease involving the brain and its vasculature, typically characterized by recurrent attacks of moderate or severe throbbing headache, accompanied by sensitivity to light and sound, and associated with nausea, vomiting, and inability to move due to worsening of pain. About 30% of migraineurs have some type of aura, most often visual. Migraine attacks, if untreated or suboptimally treated, usually result in significant disability, requiring bed rest and resulting in poor quality of life. Increased frequency of attacks and overuse of acute care medication are significant risks for chronification, resulting in the transformation of episodic migraine into chronic migraine. We aim to review most acute care treatments for migraine
Subject Disease Management; Emergency Medical Services / methods; Humans; Migraine Disorders / psychology; Migraine Disorders / therapy; Quality of Life
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Date 2020-12
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2020, Volume 40, Issue 4
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 1741110
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cefmk6
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