Re: Article Release on Endometriosis and Migraines
From: Erin (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Nov 1 14:58:49 2004
What an unbelievably eerie coincidence. On Thursday, 10/28, I had a
headache all day long. By the next day, I had my first every full-blown
migraine.
--
Erin P.
At Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Amalia wrote:
>
>New research links migraine and endometriosis
>
>Reported by Susan Aldridge, PhD, medical journalist
>
>Women who have endometriosis have twice the risk of migraine compared to
>the rest of the female population.
>Endometriosis is a painful condition, often linked to infertility, where
>fragments of uterine tissue migrate to other locations in the abdominal
>cavity. Researchers at the University of Genoa now report that women
>who have endometriosis are also more likely to have migraine.
>
>They compared a group of 133 women who had endometriosis with a control
>group of 166 women. While 15 per cent of those in the control group
>reported migraine, around a third of those in the endometriosis group
>had migraine headache - and 13 per cent of the whole group had
>experienced aura before an attack.
>
>The researchers also found that few of the women had sought treatment
>for their migraine - a pity, as it's a distressing condition but
>effective drugs are available. They say gynecologists should ask all
>women with endometriosis if they have headaches and refer them for
>proper diagnosis. Migraine, especially with aura, raises a small
>increased risk of stroke and this should be taken into account if women
>with endometriosis are being prescribed hormonal treatments - some are
>not appropriate where there is a risk, however tiny, of stroke. Why
>there's this link between migraine and endometriosis is not clear - the
>researchers think that there could be some common biochemical factors,
>but these need further investigation.
>
>Source
>Human Reproduction 28th October 2004
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