The migraine pathway: diagnosis, chronification, and treatment
This learning journey explores the complex nature of migraine, starting from the fundamental mechanisms of pain and its global impact, to the clinical challenges of diagnosis and chronicity. It delves into the classification of headaches, highlights key diagnostic criteria, and examines risk factors contributing to migraine chronification. Finally, it reviews the neurobiology behind migraine and current therapeutic targets, providing a comprehensive understanding of migraine management.
Table of Contents
- Migraine: Why it hurts and how we react
- Migraine by the numbers: A global health perspective
- The key to headache diagnosis: Know what you're treating
- Migraine diagnosis: What you need to know
- Secondary headaches: What to watch for
- Chronic migraine: Where definitions diverge
- Unmasking chronic migraine: The real clinical picture
- Why some migraines become chronic
- Migraine mechanisms and medication targets
1. Migraine: Why it hurts and how we react
By Prof. Robert P. Cowan – Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
An excerpt from Headache and migraine: theory, practice, and challenges
2. Migraine by the numbers: A global health perspective
By Dr. Oyindamola I. Ogunlaja – Stanford University, USA
An excerpt from Epidemiology and global burden of headache and migraine
3. The key to headache diagnosis: Know what you're treating
By Dr. Sara Sacco – Carolinas Headache Clinic, USA
An excerpt from Classification of headache disorders
4. Migraine diagnosis: What you need to know
By Dr. Sara Sacco – Carolinas Headache Clinic, USA
An excerpt from Classification of headache disorders
5. Secondary headaches: What to watch for
By Dr. Sara Sacco – Carolinas Headache Clinic, USA
An excerpt from Classification of headache disorders
6. Chronic migraine: Where definitions diverge
By Dr. Stewart J. Tepper – The New England Institute for Neurology and Headache, USA
An excerpt from Chronic migraine: history, imaging and patient characteristics, and controversies
7. Unmasking chronic migraine: The real clinical picture
By Dr. Stewart J. Tepper – The New England Institute for Neurology and Headache, USA
An excerpt from Chronic migraine: history, imaging and patient characteristics, and controversies
8. Why some migraines become chronic
By Prof. Robert P. Cowan – Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
An excerpt from Phenotyping the migraine patient
9. Migraine mechanisms and medication targets
By Prof. Alan M. Rapoport – University of California in Los Angeles, USA
An excerpt from Update on treatment of migraine