Women and headache: a treatment approach based on life stages

Cleve Clin J Med. 2002 Jun;69(6):488-500. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.69.6.488.

Abstract

Effective headache management in women requires an understanding of the unique epidemiologic and pathophysiologic factors affecting women. We present preventive, abortive, and nonpharmacologic approaches to headache treatment that vary with the chronologic and hormonal stages of a woman's life, with special attention to headache during pregnancy and later in life.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Age of Onset
  • Analgesics / administration & dosage
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Child
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Headache / diagnosis*
  • Headache / epidemiology*
  • Headache / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sex Distribution
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Analgesics