Alcohol and Migraine: What Should We Tell Patients?
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Alessandro Panconesi & Maria Letizia Bartolozzi & Leonello Guidi
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Alcoholic drinks are a migraine trigger in about one third of patients with migraine in retrospective studies on trigger factors. Many population studies show that patients with migraine consume alcohol in a smaller percentage than the general population. Moreover, research has shown a decreased prevalence of headache with increasing number of alcohol units consumed. The classification criteria of alcohol-related headaches remain problematic. We discuss the role and mechanism of action of alcohol or other components of alcoholic drinks in relation to alcohol-induced headache. In accordance with data from a recent prospective study, we believe that reports overestimate the role of alcohol, as well as other foods, in the triggering of migraine. If a relationship between the intake of alcohol and the migraine attack is not clear, a small dose of alcohol is not contraindicated either for enjoyment or its protective effect on cardiovascular disease
Curr Pain Headache Rep (2011) 15:177–184 DOI 10.1007/s11916-011-0184-4 Published online: 19 February 2011
