Table 1 Headache triggers and accompanying symptoms of headache assessed by our questionnaires
From: Photo-, osmo- and phonophobia in the premonitory phase of migraine: mistaking symptoms for triggers?
Headache triggers | Foods, stress, relieve from stress, weather/change in weather, bright sunlight, flickering light, heat, cold, physical exercise, sexual intercourse, irregular meals/skipping of meals, decreased water intake, sleep abundance, sleep deprivation, holiday, alcohol, smells/odours, resolvents, electric fields, medication, hormonal changes, specific head movements, other illnesses (e.g. common cold), touch |
Accompanying symptoms of headache | Photophobia, phonophobia, osmophobia, need for rest, nausea, vomiting, allodynia of the skin, vertigo, facial rush, facial sweating, restlessness/agitation, swelling of lymph nodes, neck pain, conjunctival injection, tearing, eyelid oedema, ptosis, nasal congestion, rhinorrhoea, difficulty speaking, blurred vision |