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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]

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. 1.0 1.1 Bigal M (2009). "Migraine chronification--concept and risk factors". Discov Med. 8 (42): 145–50. PMID 19833063.
  2. 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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