The risks of women with migraine during pregnancy

Most epidemiological studies demonstrate that women suffering from migraine note a significant improvement in their headaches during pregnancy. Both headache specialists and gynecologists commonly hold that migraine does not involve any risks to either the mother, or the fetus. Despite this, recent...

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Published in:Neurological sciences 2010-06, Vol.31 (Suppl 1), p.59-61
Main Authors: Allais, Gianni, Castagnoli Gabellari, Ilaria, Borgogno, Paola, De Lorenzo, Cristina, Benedetto, Chiara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - physiopathology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Migraine
Migraine and Pregnancy
Migraine Disorders - physiopathology
Neurology
Neuroradiology
Neurosciences
Neurosurgery
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Psychiatry
Risk
Risk Factors
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Summary:Most epidemiological studies demonstrate that women suffering from migraine note a significant improvement in their headaches during pregnancy. Both headache specialists and gynecologists commonly hold that migraine does not involve any risks to either the mother, or the fetus. Despite this, recent studies into the medical complications of pregnancy in migrainous women have cast doubts on this assumption. Indeed, most of these studies have revealed a significant association between migraine and hypertension in pregnancy (i.e. preeclampsia and gestational hypertension). Migraine has also been recently postulated as one of the major risk factors for stroke during pregnancy and the puerperium. Therefore, there is an urgent need for prospective studies on large numbers of pregnant women to determine the real existence and extent of the risks posed by migraine during pregnancy. In the meantime, while awaiting verification of this hypothesis, a pregnant woman with migraine must be subject to a particularly attentive screening by both the obstetrician and the headache specialist.
ISSN:1590-1874
1590-3478
DOI:10.1007/s10072-010-0274-9