• Læknablađiđ · Dec 2024

    [Food as migraine trigger].

    • Hadda Margret Haraldsdottir, Ingibjorg Gunnarsdottir, Arora Ros Ingadottir, and Olafur Sveinsson.
    • Department of Clinical Nutrition, Landspitali National University Hospital.
    • Laeknabladid. 2024 Dec 1; 110 (12): 564570564-570.

    Background And AimsMigraine is a neurological disorder that is characterized by severe headaches and temporary motor and sensory disturbances. Migraine triggers are internal or external factors that can increase the likelihood of a migraine attack. Some individuals with migraine associate their attacks with the consumption of certain types of food, but no have been conducted in Iceland. The aim of the study was to estimate the proportion of individuals with migraine in Iceland who associate their symptoms with consuming certain types of food.MethodsAn electronic questionnaire was submitted to two groups (≥18 years old), members of the Icelandic Facebook group 'Migreni' (n=395 and to patients being treated by a neurologist (n=108), with the question if they thought certain foods could trigger migraine attacks. A total of 503 opened the survey (19.6% in the Facebook group and 65% managed by a neurologist). Response options were never/rarely, sometimes, often, or always. Other questions included types of migraine, medication use and background.ResultsOut of 466 participants, 354 individuals (76%) claimed that food often or always triggered their migraine. The proportion was higher in the Facebook group than in the neurologist group (78% vs. 66%, p=0.007). Red wine and skipping meals (hunger) were the most common food-related triggers, reported as triggers often or always by >50%. Other common food triggers included white wine, liquorice, and smoked meat; they were reported as triggers by 20-50% of participants.ConclusionFood seems to be a common migraine trigger, and the main food-related triggers were similar to those reported in other studies. However, previous studies have not shown liquorice as a common food trigger for migraines, and smoked meat was found to be a more common trigger than seen in other studies.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…