Langguth, Berthold and Hund, Verena and Busch, Volker and Juergens, Tim P. and Lainez, Jose-Miguel and Landgrebe, Michael and Schecklmann, Andmartin (2015) Tinnitus and Headache. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL: 797416. ISSN 2314-6133, 2314-6141
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Background. Tinnitus and headache are frequent disorders. Here, we aimed to investigate whether the occurrence of headache among tinnitus patients is purely coincidental or whether tinnitus and headache are pathophysiologically linked. We investigated a large sample of patients with tinnitus and headache to estimate prevalence rates of different headache forms, to determine the relationship between tinnitus laterality and headache laterality, and to explore the relationship between tinnitus and headache over time. Method. Patients who presented at a tertiary referral center because of tinnitus and reported comorbid headache were asked to complete validated questionnaires to determine the prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache and to assess tinnitus severity. In addition, several questions about the relationship between headache and tinnitus were asked. Results. Datasets of 193 patients with tinnitus and headache were analysed. 44.6% suffered from migraine, 13% from tension-type headache, and 5.7% from both. Headache laterality was significantly related to tinnitus laterality and in the majority of patients fluctuations in symptom severity of tinnitus and headache were interrelated. Conclusion. These findings suggest a significant relationship between tinnitus and headache laterality and symptom interaction over time and argue against a purely coincidental cooccurrence of tinnitus and headache. Both disorders may be linked by common pathophysiological mechanisms.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; THALAMOCORTICAL DYSRHYTHMIA; HEARING-LOSS; MIGRAINE; DEPRESSION; SEVERITY; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; POPULATION; |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2019 10:04 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2019 10:04 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/6160 |
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