Investigating the Epidemiology of Migraine Pattern of Patients in Shiraz and Comparing it with the Global Pattern

Abstract

The most common reason for visiting clinics in the world is headache, and migraine, as one of the most common chronic headaches, is a disorder affected by environmental and genetic factors. Classic migraine (with aura) and common migraine (without aura) are clinically more common in the population. Migraine mainly has symptoms such as throbbing and throbbing headache attacks accompanied by nausea, fear of light and sound, and recovery with rest. This study investigated the migraine pattern in 90 patients referred to Walfajr Health Center in Shiraz through questionnaires and statistical analysis and compared it with the global pattern in terms of epidemiological characteristics. According to the results, migraine is more common in women and ages before 40. The results also indicated that migraine without aura is more frequent than migraine with aura. All these findings are in line with the global pattern. According to similar studies, it could be argued that there is no significant difference between the migraine pattern in the population of patients studied in Iran and the global pattern despite the climatic differences between this population and other parts of the world, indicating the insignificant effect of nutrition, race, and other regional characteristics on the migraine pattern.