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3D-Neuronavigation In Vivo Through a Patient's Brain During a Spontaneous Migraine Headache
Published on: June 2, 2014
[Headache and functional symptoms]
Sebastián Villate1, José Arroyo, Eduardo Bessolo
1Sanatorio Allende, Cordoba, Argentina.
Introduction:
Headaches are a common reason for visiting neurology clinics. They have their origin in a variety of causes and their specific diagnosis deteriorates as it overlaps with other chronic painful pathologies. Somatic functional syndromes are characterised by chronic painful conditions that have a negative effect on quality of life, and are accompanied by functional symptoms with no organic cause.
Aims:
The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of functional symptoms in patients who visited due to headaches.
Patients And Methods:
The sample included all the patients who visited the walk-in neurology clinic because of headaches between March and September 2014. A semi-structured survey was carried out in order to evaluate obsessive personality traits, bruxism, gastrointestinal symptoms, anxiety, depression and sleep disorders.
Results:
During the period under study, 125 patients visited due to headache. In all, 68.7% of patients with migraine presented functional symptoms and only 32.7% in the case of other headaches (p = 0.0001).
Conclusions:
Functional symptoms were prevalent in patients with headache, mainly in those with migraine.
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