Headache risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: Robert G. Schwartz, M.D. [1], Piedmont Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, P.A.; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of headache may be occupational, environmental, and genetic.Common risk factors in the development of migraine divided in three categories: non-modifiable, modifiable, and putative. Non-modifiable risk factors include female gender, age, white race, low educational level, socioeconomic status, and genetic factors.Modifiable risk factors include,obesity, medication overuse,stressful life events, caffeine overuse, other pain syndromes.
Risk Factors
The most risk factors in the development of headache are: [1][2]
- Brain tumors
- Brain infection
- Intracranial hypertension
- Anxiety
- Arthritis in neck or spine
- Degenerative bone or disk disease in the neck or spine
- Depression
- Temporomandibular joint disorders
- Drugs, such as nitrates
- Alcohol
- Environmental changes, such as changes in barometric pressure and altitude, inclement weather, or high winds.
Common Risk Factors
- Common risk factors in the development of headache may be occupational, environmental, and genetic.
- Common risk factors in the development of migraine include:
- age
- female gender
- white race
- genetic factors
- Obesity
- Medication overuse
- Stressful life events
Less Common Risk Factors
- Less common risk factors in the development of migraine include:
- Caffeine overuse
- Snoring
- Other pain syndromes[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bigal M (2009). “Migraine chronification–concept and risk factors”. Discov Med. 8 (42): 145–50. PMID 19833063.
- ↑ Bentley RE (1971). “The on-line applications of a small digital computer to a gamma scintillation camera”. Br J Radiol. 44 (517): 77. PMID 5539409.
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