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Re: Article Release on Endometriosis and Migraines
From: Amalia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Nov 1 17:10:47 2004
Yes its an interesting article, my first experience of a migrane I
thought I was having a stroke, I experience the Aura prior to have one.
At Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Erin wrote:
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>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.
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>--
>Erin P.
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>At Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Amalia wrote:
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>>New research links migraine and endometriosis
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>>Reported by Susan Aldridge, PhD, medical journalist
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Source
>>Human Reproduction 28th October 2004
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