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Lec 65 Migraines Flashcards

1
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Can symptoms differentiate between primary and secondary headache?

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symptoms alone cannot differentiate!

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What are IHS criteria for migraine without aura?

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  • at least 5 attacks
  • attacks last 4-72 hrs
  • headache with 2 of: unilateral, pulsating, moderate/severe, avoidance of physical activity
  • during headache N/V and/or photophobia
  • not attributed to another disorder
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What are criteria for migraine with aura?

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  • headache same as non-aura PLUS
  • aura has no motor weakness and consists of: fuly reversible visual OR sensory symptoms OR dysphasic speech
  • homonymous visual symptoms OR unilateral sensory symptoms OR develops over 5 minutes
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When does aura occur?

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can be before, during, or without headache

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are migraines unilateral or bilateral? how long does it last?

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usually unilateral

lasts 4-72 hours

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What is episodic vs chronic migraine?

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episodic = less than 15 days per month
chronic = more than 15 days per month
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What percent of migraine pts have auras?

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~ 20%

- most common = visual

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What is CSD?

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cortical spreading depression = wave of neuronal depolarization followed by suppression neuronal activity with corresponding blood flow change moved across cortex at 3mm/min

linked to migraine course/clinical feat

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What is prevalence of migraine?

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43% of women, 18% of men likely associated with estrogen

– pre-puberty = equal between sexes

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What causes migraine? triggers?

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migraine is hereditary polygenic

migraine has many triggers = exertion, dietary, sleep disturbances, head trauma, hormones, meidcation

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What diseases have co-morbidity with migraine?

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mitral valve prolapse, stroke, epilepsy, sever psychiatric

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What is association vascular changes and migraine?

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vascular changes occur but they are not primary cause

migraine aura associated with vasoconstriction, headache with vasodilation

researches debating the relationship

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What type of blood flow before/during headache?

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  • aura/migraine begin during hypo-perfusion phase
  • then get hyper-perfusion as headache continues
  • hyper-perfusion may outlast headache apin
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How can you provoke CSD?

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chemical, electrical, mechanical stimuli

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What is role of CSD in migraine?

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plays an important role in genesis of migraine attack [but not exclusive to migraine]

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Can you feel sensation of brain parenchyma?

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NO! but you can feel it from dura mater/vessels, blood vessels, and CNs

17
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What innervates intracranial contents about the tentorium cerebelli?

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trigeminal nerve

18
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What innervates intracranial contents below the tentorium cerebelli?

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CN2, 3, 7, 9, 10

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What are 2 common misdiagnosis of pts who have migraine

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tension headache: pt with neck pain = due to referred pain by CN V

sinus headache = pt with tearing, rhinorrhea, nasal congestion cause by trigeminal-ANS reflex

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What is the trigeminocervical complex?

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  • runs from the medulla down into C3 where blends gradually into cervical dorsal horns
    receives fibers from upper cervical roots and sends them to thalamus and collateral to ANS nuclei in brainstem and hypothalamus
  • thalamic neurons project to S1 and limbic
  • TNS also synaptically connects to parasympathetic superior salivatory nucleus [SSN] in pons
21
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What innervates meningeal vessels?

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parasympathetic superior salivatory nucleus [SSN] in pons via greater superficial petrosal

22
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What is important about TNC as a convergence of different sensory info?

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  • pain from face and head referrred to neck

- pain from neck referred to face V1 distribution

23
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When is ipsilateral greater occipital nerve [at C2] tender? importance for treatment?

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during migraine OR cluster headache

  • give occipital nerve block at C2 to terminate acute headache
24
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What happens to midbrain during migraine attack?

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  • periaqueductal gray in midbrain is activated
25
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What are premonitory symptoms?

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  • symptoms that occur hours to day before a migraine attack [irritability, food cravings, fatigue, excess yawning, etc]
  • suggest hypothalamic involvement
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What is the cortical spreading depression [CSD] theory of migraines?

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  • wave of neuronal depolarization moves 3 mm/min through cortex accompained by transiet hyperemia then oligemia and suppression of neuronal activity
  • Ca waves propagate through glia affecting vascular activity
  • as wave of depolarization moves, release inflammatory factors [NO, H, K, arachadonic acid] –> activates meningeal nociceptors + trigeminal neurons release stuff –> pain, inflammation
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What is the trigeminovascular reflex?

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occurs with CSD

trigeminal neurons that supply dural vessels release CGRP [calcitonin gene-releated peptide], substance P and neurokinin A] –> vessel dilation and inflamation –> “peripheral sensitization” of trigeminal neuron –> carries pain centrally

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What is the trigeminoparasympathetic reflex?

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through polysnaptic connects with SSN, parasympathetic fibers innervating dural vessels release ACh, NO, VIP [vasoactive intestinal polypeptide] –> miosis, ptosis, red eye, lacrimation, rhinorrhea

29
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What happens if you treat during early stage of attack when there is only peripheral sensitization?

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migraine can be fully termianted

30
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What is peripheral vs cetnral sensitization?

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peripheral = activation of first order trigeminal neuron

central = activation of sexond and third order trigemino-thalamic and thalamo-cortical neruons
- glutamatergic and NO transmission involved

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What is clinical manifestation of central sensitization?

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cutaneous allodynia = scalp tenderness, facial, neck or extremity pain, response to non=painful stimuli, hair hurts

usually occur as duration of attack increases and in chronic rather than episodic migraine

32
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What do you use to treat migraine once reaches central sensitization stage?

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can’t use triptan drugs

may be able to use NSAIDs

33
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What are the genetics of migraine?

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usually polygenic

rare monogenic forms exist = familial hemiplegic migraine [FHM], autosomal dominant

34
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What are signs of a tension headache?

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  • pressing
  • steady
  • bilateral
  • not aggravated by activity
  • little nausea/photophobia/phonophobia
  • lasts 30 min to 7 days = can be constant
35
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What is IHS criteria for sinus headache?

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secondary diagnosis resulting from acute sinusitis
requires: purulent nasal discharge, pathologic sinus findings

chronic sinusitis = not a thing

36
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What is association migraine with aura and stroke?

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risk of stroke in pt with migraine with aura is similar to those with DM, obesity, HTN

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Is migraine progressive?

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in small subset of patients frequency of attack and duration of migraines with aura increase

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