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Migraine diagnosis in patients with sinus headache symptoms: a cross-sectional study at Khartoum ENT Hospital

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العنوان: Migraine diagnosis in patients with sinus headache symptoms: a cross-sectional study at Khartoum ENT Hospital
المؤلفون: Mohamed Salah Mohamed Abdelgafour, Abdelgadir Ahmed Eltayeb, Mohammed El-Awad
المصدر: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, Vol 41, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2025)
بيانات النشر: SpringerOpen, 2025.
سنة النشر: 2025
المجموعة: LCC:Otorhinolaryngology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Sinus headache, Migraine, IHS Criteria, Headache misdiagnosis, Autonomic symptoms, Otorhinolaryngology, RF1-547
الوصف: Abstract Background Sinus headache is the most common diagnosis reported by patients with migraine who received a non-migraine diagnosis. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of migraine among patients present with sinus headache to Khartoum ENT Hospital. Objective To study the prevalence of migraine (using IHS criteria) among patients present with sinus headache at Khartoum ENT Hospital. Methods This is a cross-sectional hospital-based study conducted at Khartoum ENT Hospital in the period between July 2022 to February 2023 including all patients with self-reported or physician diagnosed “sinus headache”, without a suspected secondary cause of headache. Diagnosis of migraine was made using the IHS criteria. Data was collected by the researcher, entered and analyzed using SPSS. Results This study included 197 patients with a mean age of 33 ± 10 years, and female predominance 129 (65. 5%). The most common presentation was nasal blockage 178 (90.4%), flowed by facial pain 87 (44.7%), and nasal discharge 42 (21.3%). Autonomic symptoms included lacrimation 71 (36%), conjunctival injection 20 (10%), and eyelid edema 6 (3%), and 26 (13%) had positive family history of migraine. The prevalence of migraine was 67 (34%); 40 (20%) without aura and 27 (14%) with aura. Migraine was significantly associated with autonomic symptoms, and family history of migraine, and poor response to NSAIDs and nasal sprays compared to non-migraine headache (P-value
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2090-8539
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2090-8539
DOI: 10.1186/s43163-025-00758-x
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/c81c69597a78497bad031c14432fc798
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.81c69597a78497bad031c14432fc798
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20908539
DOI:10.1186/s43163-025-00758-x