Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Global Migraine & Pain Summit, 6th MENA Meeting & 4rd Turkish African Meeting Of Headache And Pain Management 2022, Antalya, Türkiye, 2 - 05 Kasım 2022, ss.41
AIM: Elimination of individual-specific food triggers from the diet makes a significant contribution to the
headache management. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between headache attacks and the
consumed foods by individuals who have headache complaints in daily life, and to raise awareness about
headache triggers.
METHOD: In this survey, in which three hundred and five volunteers participated, the age, gender,
headache characteristics, duration and frequency of headache, presence of aura, subjective cognitive
complaints, consumption behavior, and food triggers for 90 different foods were evaluated.
RESULTS: A total of 305 participants completed the questionnaire. The majority were female 78%
(n=236) and a smaller proportion was male 22% (n=69) and the mean age was 35.8. Among all participants,
86% (n=263) defined headache and 75% (n=230) defined migraine. T34% of migraineurs described aura
symptoms. Individuals with migraine showed avoided consuming wheat bread, butter/cream, dried
vegetables, grapefruit and zucchini more than those without migraine (p<0.05). In addition, it was observed
that migraine with aura patients avoided consuming processed meat products such as sausage, salami,
bacon, smoked meat (p=0.008), frozen ready meat and chicken products, strawberry and pasta (p<0.05)
compared to migraine without aura patients. Moreover, it was observed that they experienced headaches
on the day they consumed these foods. The MigScog score was found to be statistically significantly higher
migraine with aura patients compared to migraine without aura patients (p<0,001).
CONCLUSION: The majority of the participants described migraine-type headaches. It was determined
that migraine headache was associated with consumed foods and food ingredients, as well as cognitive
complaints. It was determined that fatty dairy products and processed meat products were avoided and
defined as food triggers especially by migraine with aura patients. A food diary should be created by
identifying individual food triggers and should be included in headache management. Also, further studies
are needed to define which food ingredient is responsible for inducing headaches.