Migraines Are Common in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain

Prevalence of migraine was not influenced by presence of endometriosis; only two thirds of participants with migraines had received prior diagnoses of migraine.

Evidence of excess risk for migraine headaches in women with endometriosis is emerging, but, in women with chronic pelvic pain in the absence of endometriosis, few data are available from which to draw reliable conclusions about an association. In a prospective study, investigators sought to determine migraine prevalence among women (age range, 17–45) who experienced chronic pelvic pain with (81) or without (27) documented endometriosis. Recurrent headaches were classified using International Headache Society (IHC) criteria after interviews by a neurologist.

Lifetime prevalence of definite or probable migraine in women with chronic pelvic pain was 67%, regardless of whether endometriosis was present. Only two thirds of participants with IHC-…

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Robert W. Rebar, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardMyovant Sciences, Inc.

Editorial BoardsEndoText; Clinical OB/GYN Alert

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine (Member, Ethics Committee)

Robert W. Rebar, MD

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardMyovant Sciences, Inc.

Editorial BoardsEndoText; Clinical OB/GYN Alert

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine (Member, Ethics Committee)

Migraines Are Common in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain

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