Epidemiological Assessment of Headache among the Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Background: Epilepsy is one the most common chronic neurological disorders. One third of patients with history of epilepsy are resistance to any remedy prescribed for them. Headache, as a usual complaint of epilepsy, affects the quality of life negatively. This epidemiological study was designed to...
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| author | Jafar Mehvari-Habibabadi Mohammad Zare Seyed Navid Naghibi Nasim Tabrizi Iman Salehi |
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| description | Background: Epilepsy is one the most common chronic neurological disorders. One third of patients with history of epilepsy are resistance to any remedy prescribed for them. Headache, as a usual complaint of epilepsy, affects the quality of life negatively. This epidemiological study was designed to assess headache types among the patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, referred to Isfahan Epileptic Center, Iran, with complaint of headache in year 2017. Type of epilepsy (temporal, extratemporal, or generalized), site of headache, time of headache, headache characteristics, duration of headache, headache periodicity, association of headache with seizure, and associated symptoms were assessed.
Findings: Pulsatile (27.5%), pressure sensation, (26.7%) and heaviness (25.2%) were most prevalent characteristics of headaches. In addition, postictal (40%), between seizure attacks (34.2%), preictal (10%), prodromal (8.5%), and ictal (7.1%) headaches were the most prevalent types regarding the time of headache, respectively, only based on the history, not in electroencephalography (EEG).
Conclusion: Findings of current epidemiological study are consistent with previous researches, and the most prevalent headache among the patients with drug-resistant epilepsy are pulsatile and postictal ones. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a6555b0fbf0b4b989343dab5bc7c08922023-09-02T14:27:22ZfasIsfahan University of Medical Sciencesمجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان1027-75951735-854X2018-09-013648675776210.22122/jims.v36i486.101353131Epidemiological Assessment of Headache among the Patients with Drug-Resistant EpilepsyJafar Mehvari-Habibabadi0Mohammad Zare1Seyed Navid Naghibi2Nasim Tabrizi3Iman Salehi4Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranProfessor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranFellowship of Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranFellowship of Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranStudent of Medicine, Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranBackground: Epilepsy is one the most common chronic neurological disorders. One third of patients with history of epilepsy are resistance to any remedy prescribed for them. Headache, as a usual complaint of epilepsy, affects the quality of life negatively. This epidemiological study was designed to assess headache types among the patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, referred to Isfahan Epileptic Center, Iran, with complaint of headache in year 2017. Type of epilepsy (temporal, extratemporal, or generalized), site of headache, time of headache, headache characteristics, duration of headache, headache periodicity, association of headache with seizure, and associated symptoms were assessed. Findings: Pulsatile (27.5%), pressure sensation, (26.7%) and heaviness (25.2%) were most prevalent characteristics of headaches. In addition, postictal (40%), between seizure attacks (34.2%), preictal (10%), prodromal (8.5%), and ictal (7.1%) headaches were the most prevalent types regarding the time of headache, respectively, only based on the history, not in electroencephalography (EEG). Conclusion: Findings of current epidemiological study are consistent with previous researches, and the most prevalent headache among the patients with drug-resistant epilepsy are pulsatile and postictal ones.http://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/10135PrevalenceHeadacheDrug resistant epilepsy |
| spellingShingle | Jafar Mehvari-Habibabadi Mohammad Zare Seyed Navid Naghibi Nasim Tabrizi Iman Salehi Epidemiological Assessment of Headache among the Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان Prevalence Headache Drug resistant epilepsy |
| title | Epidemiological Assessment of Headache among the Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy |
| title_full | Epidemiological Assessment of Headache among the Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiological Assessment of Headache among the Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological Assessment of Headache among the Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy |
| title_short | Epidemiological Assessment of Headache among the Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy |
| title_sort | epidemiological assessment of headache among the patients with drug resistant epilepsy |
| topic | Prevalence Headache Drug resistant epilepsy |
| url | http://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/10135 |
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