Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77004, USA.
Headache. 2011 Oct;51(9):1431-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.02005.x.
The disclosure that 2012 presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has migraines resulted in intense public and physician interest in the migraine of presidents, migraine and potential presidential disability, and the politics of migraine that are reviewed in this article. Jefferson had severe headaches that may have been a migraine variant. Lincoln, Grant, and Wilson were, John Adams and Eisenhower might have been, and Truman and Kennedy may have been migraineurs. First Ladies Abigail Adams, Lincoln, Eisenhower, and Kennedy all suffered from migraines. Although migraines can usually be effectively treated, disabling attacks could occur because of the accentuated triggers of office that could prevent a future president from being temporarily able to discharge the duties of office. The 25th amendment is available to voluntarily transfer powers of office to the vice president even for a short period of time. The current $13 million per year in research funding provided by the National Institutes of Health is clearly inadequate to the task of improving treatment for such a pervasive, disabling disease that so profoundly affects so many Americans including presidential candidates, presidents, and first ladies. A survey of the Southern Headache Society on migraine and presidential disability is also presented.
披露 2012 年总统候选人米歇尔·巴赫曼患有偏头痛，这引发了公众和医生对总统偏头痛、偏头痛和潜在的总统残疾以及偏头痛政治的浓厚兴趣，本文对此进行了回顾。杰斐逊患有严重的头痛，可能是偏头痛的一种变体。林肯、格兰特和威尔逊可能是偏头痛患者，约翰·亚当斯和艾森豪威尔可能是，而杜鲁门和肯尼迪可能是偏头痛患者。第一夫人阿比盖尔·亚当斯、林肯、艾森豪威尔和肯尼迪都患有偏头痛。虽然偏头痛通常可以有效治疗，但由于办公室的加剧触发因素，可能会出现致残性发作，从而使未来的总统暂时无法履行办公室职责。《第 25 修正案》允许总统自愿将权力移交给副总统，即使是在短时间内。目前，美国国立卫生研究院每年提供 1300 万美元的研究资金，这显然不足以改善这种普遍存在、致残性疾病的治疗，这种疾病严重影响了包括总统候选人、总统和第一夫人在内的许多美国人。本文还介绍了对南方头痛协会偏头痛和总统残疾问题的调查。
