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Headache determination by meteorotropic influences
Research and Clinical Studies in Headache
|January 1, 1978
Summary
Migraine attacks were studied over 5 years. While weather factors like pressure and temperature showed no link, a specific biometeorologic phase (6Z) correlated with increased headache symptoms, possibly due to disturbed circadian rhythms.
Area of Science:
- Biometeorology
- Neurology
- Chronobiology
Background:
- Migraine is a common neurological disorder.
- Biometeorologic systems, like Brezowsky's, attempt to correlate weather patterns with health events.
- Previous research has suggested links between weather changes and headache incidence.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the chronological distribution of migraine attacks.
- To investigate correlations between migraine attacks and specific biometeorologic indices.
- To identify potential triggers for migraine headaches within weather patterns.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of migraine attack data from 4 patients over a 5-year period.
- Utilized the Brezowsky biometeorologic system for weather phase classification.
- Correlated patient-reported headache symptoms with recorded physical indices (atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, ionization).
Main Results:
- No significant correlation was found between migraine attacks and individual physical indices (pressure, temperature, humidity, ionization).
- A statistically significant increase in headache symptoms was observed during biometeorologic phase 6Z.
- Other weather phases (3 and 4) have been previously associated with increased headaches by other researchers.
Conclusions:
- Biometeorologic phase 6Z appears to be a significant factor in triggering migraine attacks in some patients.
- The common factor in implicated weather phases may be a disturbed circadian rhythm.
- Disrupted circadian rhythms can interfere with endogenous biorhythms, leading to headache onset.