Headache - A Window to Dementia: An Unexpected Twist
| Autor: | Shayka Sharif, Sommer Jarvis, Evgenia Koumadoraki, Amber Saleem, Nikolaos Madouros, Safeera Khan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
migraine and antidepressants Context (language use) 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology primary headache and dementia 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal Medicine migraine and dementia Medicine Dementia Psychiatry Stroke A determinant headache and dementia Medical treatment business.industry General Engineering Cognition medicine.disease headache and cognitive decline Migraine Neurology migraine and cognitive decline Headaches medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery primary headache and cognitive decline |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Migraine and other types of headaches have several symptoms associated with them. The association between migraine and dementia has been considered. It is a topic of discussion and appears to be multifactorial. Dementia is a cluster of symptoms, with memory loss and cognitive dysfunction being the prominent symptoms. In this review, we discussed the association of headache and cognitive dysfunction in a broader context and how the practiced treatment of headaches may silently lead to dementia. We conducted a thorough literature search using PubMed as our main database. The articles exploring the association between headache (both migraine and non-migraine) and dementia were included. Some risk factors like migraine-induced stroke and inherent vascular diseases in migraine patients channeling to stroke and dementia were not considered. A total of 28 studies were included for review. All the reviewed studies put together showed an association between headache and cognitive dysfunction of any form. They showed that the frequency and duration of headache is a determinant for dementia. Few studies also focused on how treating headaches with certain drugs can lead to dementia. The reviewed published literature showed that headaches of any sort and their treatment are potentially linked to dementia. Not all headache patients will require medical treatment, as the benefit might outweigh the risk sometimes. It is interim to understand these facts and formulate a better protocol for treating headache patients. However, due to some discordant results, further studies are needed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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