Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
Boubacar S
Fann National Teaching Hospital,
Dakar
Senegal
Review Article
Migraine in Women: What Specificities? A Review
Author(s): Boubacar S, Seck LB, Assadeck H, Diallo IM, Cisse O, Ntenga P, Adji DB, Diagne NS, Maiga DD, Adehossi EO, Maiga Y, Touré K, Ndiaye M, Diop AG and Ndiaye MMBoubacar S, Seck LB, Assadeck H, Diallo IM, Cisse O, Ntenga P, Adji DB, Diagne NS, Maiga DD, Adehossi EO, Maiga Y, Touré K, Ndiaye M, Diop AG and Ndiaye MM
The migraine is a chronic neurological disease that affects 10 to 12% of the population, with a clear preponderance females and this from puberty. The women report a longer attack duration. Presence and severity of associated symptoms, such as photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, vomiting, and cutaneous allodynia are more prevalent in women. Some clinical forms are well described as catamenial migraine. Several comorbidities have been described in migraine women. Among these diseases associated with migraine: vascular diseases, asthma, allergies, epilepsy, restless legs syndrome, and various chronic pain syndromes and psychiatric disorders. Treatment of migraine in women raises the difficulty of managing seizures and during pregnancy and the period of menstruation. The therapeutic difference mainly concerns menstrual migraine. In women with migraine, it is therefore recommended to be par.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-0420.1000349