Shevel Elliot, Spierings Egilius H
Johannesburg Branch, Headache Clinics International, Suite 256, P. Bag X2600, Houghton 2041, South Africa.
Cranio. 2004 Apr;22(2):132-6. doi: 10.1179/crn.2004.017.
The pain of the migraine headache is often so debilitating that it severely compromises quality of life. The vascular component of the trigeminovascular system has been implicated in the pain mechanism. There is, however, debate as to whether the pain originates in the intracranial or extracranial vasculature or in both. In this article, evidence is presented to suggest that the extracranial arteries are the source of the pain in some migraine sufferers.
偏头痛的疼痛往往非常使人衰弱,严重影响生活质量。三叉神经血管系统的血管成分与疼痛机制有关。然而,关于疼痛是起源于颅内血管还是颅外血管,或者两者都有,存在争议。在本文中,有证据表明颅外动脉是一些偏头痛患者疼痛的来源。