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The patient with a sinus headache may actually have a migraine.(More than 3,000 Patients Studied)

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| March 15, 2004 | MacReady, Norra | COPYRIGHT 2008 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. -- Patients who think they have a sinus headache may actually be suffering from a migraine, Dr. Roger K. Cady said at a meeting sponsored by the Diamond Headache Clinic.

Migraine presentations can vary in real-life clinical settings, leading the doctor as well as the patient to think the problem is a sinus headache. But in his experience, at least 80% of patients in a general practice who experience episodic, recurrent headaches that they attribute to sinus infection or congestion will fulfill the diagnostic criteria for migraine, said Dr. Cady, a headache specialist in Springfield, Mo.

Clinicians should consider migraine as a likely…

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