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Migraine triggers: practice and theory.

J N Blau1

  • 1National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, England.

Pathologie-Biologie
|April 1, 1992
PubMed
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Migraine triggers are questioned, proposing triggers must cause headaches in all individuals to avoid myth. This challenges common triggers like diet and highlights the complexity of migraine precipitation.

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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Headache Medicine

Background:

  • The etiology of migraine is complex, with many proposed triggering factors.
  • The validity of commonly cited migraine triggers, such as dietary items, is often based on anecdotal evidence rather than rigorous scientific study.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the concept of migraine triggering factors.
  • To propose a criterion for identifying true migraine triggers: the trigger must also induce headache in non-migrainous individuals.
  • To examine the implications of this criterion for commonly believed dietary and allergic triggers.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of migraine trigger mechanisms.
  • Examination of the proposed "headache-migraine parallelism" criterion.
  • Discussion of the challenges in assessing migraine precipitants, including multifactorial influences and individual susceptibility.

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Main Results:

  • The proposed headache-migraine parallelism casts doubt on the role of specific foods (e.g., cheese, chocolate) and allergies as primary migraine triggers.
  • The study highlights the lack of quantitative data regarding trigger consumption and latency in dietary migraine research.
  • Complex interactions between factors (e.g., stress, fasting) and internal states (e.g., hormonal fluctuations) influence migraine precipitation.

Conclusions:

  • The analysis of triggering mechanisms supports the view of migraine as a primary neurological disorder with secondary vascular features.
  • Understanding triggers is crucial for patient counseling to reduce attack frequency and severity.
  • A comprehensive theory of migraine pathogenesis must account for the mechanisms of trigger action.