Newman Lawrence C
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Headache Institute, St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10019, USA.
Headache. 2007 Sep;47 Suppl 2:S86-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00819.x.
Menstruation increases the risk of migraine in susceptible women. In a subpopulation of women with menstrual migraine, headaches occurring in association with onset of menses may be more severe and of longer duration than headaches experienced by the same woman at other times of her menstrual cycle. Although menstrual migraines share many clinical characteristics of other types of migraines, their occurrence is predictable provided that the patient has regular menstrual cycles. Therefore, short-term prevention regimens can be considered for women whose headaches are not adequately managed with acute therapies.
月经会增加易患偏头痛女性的发病风险。在患有经期偏头痛的女性亚群体中，与月经来潮相关的头痛可能比该女性在月经周期其他时间经历的头痛更为严重且持续时间更长。尽管经期偏头痛与其他类型偏头痛有许多共同的临床特征，但只要患者月经周期规律，其发作就是可预测的。因此，对于那些头痛无法通过急性治疗得到充分控制的女性，可以考虑采用短期预防方案。
