Sex and age differences in migraine treatment and management strategies.
Int Rev Neurobiol
; 164: 309-347, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
Migraine is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, especially in women younger than 50 years old. Migraine has three times higher prevalence in women than in men and tends to decrease after the menopausal transition. Migraine has different clinical features in people of different ages. Clinical symptoms and factors associated with migraine can be various in women and men. Women have special types of migraine, such as pure menstrual migraine and menstrually related migraine. Besides, clinical symptoms of migraine can change during pregnancy, postpartum and lactation. Women are significantly more often than men consulting a doctor because of migraine. These features of migraine lead to different treatment and management strategies in females and males of different ages. Migraine therefore is a disorder that demonstrates the necessity of a personalization of healthcare-ensuring the proper treatment for the right patient, at the right time. Considering all the available literature and guidelines, in this chapter several strategies for management of acute and prophylactic treatments of migraine, according to sex and age differences, are discussed. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a useful piece of information improving the treatment and management of migraine.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastornos Migrañosos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Risk_factors_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Pregnancy
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En
Revista:
Int Rev Neurobiol
Año:
2022
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Article