From: Burden of migraine related to menses: results from the AMPP study
American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study, 2009 | |
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Self-reported definitions used in this paper | |
Self-reported predominantly Menstrual migraine (MM) | Headaches in relation to your period: “all of my headaches are related to my menstrual cycle”(my headaches ONLY happen around the time of my period (from two days before to three days after the start of menstruation) |
Self-reported Menstrually-associated migraine (MAM) | Headaches in relation to your period: “I am more likely to get headaches with my period but they also occur at other times of the month” |
Self-reported Menstrually-unrelated migraine (MUM) | Headaches in relation to your period: “my headaches are not related to my menstrual cycle” |
International Headache Society (ICHD-3beta) [2] | |
Diagnostic Criteria | |
Pure menstrual migraine | Documented and prospectively collected evidence that attacks occur exclusively on day 1 ± 2 (i.e., days -2 to +3)1 of menstruation in at least two out of three menstrual cycles and at no other times of the cycle |
Menstrually-related migraine | Documented and prospectively collected evidence that attacks occur on day 1 ± 2 (i.e., days -2 to +3)1 of menstruation in at least two out of three menstrual cycles and additionally at other times of the cycle |
Non-menstrual migraine | Attacks have no menstrual relationship |