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Abstract:
Objectives: To determine the influence of Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on the natural history of headache.
Methods: A prospective study was carried out on volunteers over four months – two
months before Ramadan, the Ramadan and one month after Ramadan. The severity of headache was quantified at the end of each month using Chronic Pain Grade. The components of the global Chronic Pain Grade were: Characteristic Pain Intensity which scored pain intensity, Disability Score which assessed interference with daily activities, and Disability Points where disability days were also scored. The characteristics of headache during Ramadan were also recorded.
Results: A total of 83 subjects were studied. The male : female ratio was 1: 3. The mean age of the subjects was 22 years (range 18-47 years). Thirty-three subjects were previous headache sufferers. The mean Chronic Pain Grade, Characteristic Pain Intensity, Disability Score and Disability Point were all increased during Ramadan. Among the 33 subjects who were previous headache sufferers, Characteristic Pain Intensity increased in 16 subjects (48%), decreased in 10 subjects and remained unchanged in 7 subjects. Among the 50 subjects who were non-headache sufferers, 19 subjects (38%) had new-onset headache during Ramadan. There was significantly higher proportion of female, and those with stress, fatigue, menstruation, and inadequate sleep among the 19 subjects with Ramadan headache. The Ramadan headache was typically bilateral, throbbing, frontotemporal, and of mild to moderate severity.
Conclusions: Ramadan was a significant precipitating factor for headache. The mechanism of headache was probably multifactorial.
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Abstract:
Objectives: To determine the influence of Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on the natural history of headache.
Methods: A prospective study was carried out on volunteers over four months – two
months before Ramadan, the Ramadan and one month after Ramadan. The severity of headache was quantified at the end of each month using Chronic Pain Grade. The components of the global Chronic Pain Grade were: Characteristic Pain Intensity which scored pain intensity, Disability Score which assessed interference with daily activities, and Disability Points where disability days were also scored. The characteristics of headache during Ramadan were also recorded.
Results: A total of 83 subjects were studied. The male : female ratio was 1: 3. The mean age of the subjects was 22 years (range 18-47 years). Thirty-three subjects were previous headache sufferers. The mean Chronic Pain Grade, Characteristic Pain Intensity, Disability Score and Disability Point were all increased during Ramadan. Among the 33 subjects who were previous headache sufferers, Characteristic Pain Intensity increased in 16 subjects (48%), decreased in 10 subjects and remained unchanged in 7 subjects. Among the 50 subjects who were non-headache sufferers, 19 subjects (38%) had new-onset headache during Ramadan. There was significantly higher proportion of female, and those with stress, fatigue, menstruation, and inadequate sleep among the 19 subjects with Ramadan headache. The Ramadan headache was typically bilateral, throbbing, frontotemporal, and of mild to moderate severity.
Conclusions: Ramadan was a significant precipitating factor for headache. The mechanism of headache was probably multifactorial.
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