Migraine in Patients with Epilepsy
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 12
Abstract
Background: Migraine and epilepsy are common neurological disorder originating from cerebral cortex. Searching for the association between these two diseases can give clue about possible common etiology and also emphasize the search for the other condition in patient with migraine or epilepsy. Aim: To find out the association between migraine and epilepsy. Method: This was a case control study conducted in the department of neurology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, from july 2012 to june 2014. Sample size was 100, consisting 50 patients with epilepsy as case and 50 age and sex matched attendants of patients without epilepsy as control. The proportion of migraineurs (both migraine with aura and migraine without aura) were detected in both case and control group. Data was collected through predesigned questionnaire. Results: In this study, migraine was significantly common in epileptic population than non epileptic control. Thirteen (26%) of cases and 5 (10%) of control had migraine with odds ratio 3.16 and p-value 0.037. In case group, among migraineurs 4(20%) have idiopathic generalized epilepsy and 9(30%) have localization related epilepsy. Proportion of migraine with aura was more common in epileptic population 4 (31%) than control 1(20%).The odds ratio was 1.7 but the p- value 1; which was not statistically significant. Conclusion: In this study, migraine was significantly more common in epileptic population than the non – epileptic control. This result implies that proportion of migraineurs in patients with epilepsy is higher than the non – epileptic individuals.
Authors and Affiliations
Nazmul Hoque Munna, Subrata Podder, AKM Humayon Kabir, Mansur Habib
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