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Headache and functional symptoms

S. Villate, J. Arroyo, E. Bessolo, F. Crespín [REV NEUROL 2015;60:341-344] PMID: 25857857 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33588/rn.6008.2014496

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Volumen 60 | Number 08 | Nº of views of the article 11.262 | Nº of PDF downloads 1.288 | Article publication date 16/04/2015

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ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION Headaches are a common reason for visiting neurology clinics. They have their origin in a variety of causes and their specific diagnosis deteriorates as it overlaps with other chronic painful pathologies. Somatic functional syndromes are characterised by chronic painful conditions that have a negative effect on quality of life, and are accompanied by functional symptoms with no organic cause. AIMS. To evaluate the prevalence of functional symptoms in patients who visited due to headaches.

PATIENTS AND METHODS The sample included all the patients who visited the walk-in neurology clinic because of headaches between March and September 2014. A semi-structured survey was carried out in order to evaluate obsessive personality traits, bruxism, gastrointestinal symptoms, anxiety, depression and sleep disorders.

RESULTS During the period under study, 125 patients visited due to headache. In all, 68.7% of patients with migraine presented functional symptoms, and only 32.7% presented them with other headaches (p = 0.0001). CONCLUSION. Functional symptoms were prevalent in patients with headache, mainly in those with migraine. KeywordsHeadaches Migraine Somatic functional syndrome Tension-type headache CategoriesCefalea y Migraña Dolor

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