{"id":2222,"date":"2019-05-01T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2020-02-18T16:29:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T16:29:23","slug":"migraine-quick-reference-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/managing-pain\/migraine-quick-reference-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of a migraine diary from the migraine quick reference guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-2224\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/05\/07211437\/Dr-Ruttledge-P5-Main-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/05\/07211437\/Dr-Ruttledge-P5-Main-Headshot.jpg 200w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/05\/07211437\/Dr-Ruttledge-P5-Main-Headshot-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Dr Martin Ruttledge<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Consultant Neurologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland MB, BCH BAO, Dr Med Sc<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box right round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"156\" height=\"156\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-2319\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/05\/07211431\/Mary-Kearny-Headshot-P5-Article-Right-hand-side-of-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/05\/07211431\/Mary-Kearny-Headshot-P5-Article-Right-hand-side-of-image.jpg 156w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/05\/07211431\/Mary-Kearny-Headshot-P5-Article-Right-hand-side-of-image-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Dr Mary Kearney<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">GP and co-author of the Migraine Quick Reference Guide<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Doctors often see headache disorders, with migraine being one of the most common. For this reason, it is estimated to cost the Irish economy \u20ac252 million a year[1]. A migraine diary can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/managing-pain\/use-yoga-breathing-techniques-tackle-migraines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"hugely beneficial to patients (opens in a new tab)\">hugely beneficial to patients<\/a> and their healthcare providers.<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Ruttledge, Dr Mary Kearney and Ms Esther Tomkins co-authored The ICGP Migraine Quick Reference Guide. In fact, this reference guide was developed to \u201chelp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icgp.ie\/go\/about\/media_press_area\/photo_gallery\/migraine_quick_reference_guide_launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"give doctors a greater understanding of migraine (opens in a new tab)\">give doctors a greater understanding of migraine<\/a>, and improved tools in the assessment of headaches which will help them identify cause of headache,\u201d says GP Dr Mary Kearney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The peak prevalence is for women between the ages of 15-49 years. Additionally, the life-time prevalence is 42% in females[2]. Some patients experience relatively infrequent attacks during their lifetime, while the average patient gets one to two attacks per month. Additionally, approximately 10% of all patients get weekly attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The diary should include, at the least, symptoms, duration, severity, medication taken and its effect for each attack.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Underdiagnosed and undertreated<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore \u201cmigraine is a very common and often debilitating neurological disorder. Although sadly, doctors and healthcare professionals worldwide underdiagnosed\/undertreated migraine.&#8221; says Dr Martin Ruttledge, Consultant Neurologist at Beaumont Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the launch of the ICGP Migraine Quick Reference Guide, Dr Ruttledge said: \u201cOur statistics are getting worse and worse as time goes on. We think there\u2019s probably about three quarters of a million migraine patients in Ireland&#8221;. It was co-authored by which was co-authored by Dr Ruttledge, Dr Mary Kearney and Ms Esther Tomkins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The more detailed the diary, the better<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen a patient presents to a general practitioner with recurrent headaches, they should be advised to keep a detailed daily diary. However, ensure that these include details about the severity of the headaches, associated features, acute treatments used, effect on lifestyle and possible triggers.&#8221; ICGP Migraine Quick Reference Guide says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, this provides very useful clinical information and can help confirm the diagnosis. In addition, the diary often demonstrates the benefits of acute and\/or other therapies. In short, the diary should include, at the least, symptoms, duration, severity, medication taken. Similarly it&#8217;s to reference its effect for each attack.\u201d[3]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally speaking, Dr Ruttledge concludes. \u201cIt\u2019s all about just sitting and talking to the patients&#8221;.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Steiner TJ, Stovner LJ, Vos T, Jensen R, Katsarava Z. Migraine is first cause of disability in under 50s: will health politicians now take notice? J Headache Pain 2018 Feb 21; 19(1):17-018-0846-2.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-admin\/post-new.php#_ftnref1\">[2]<\/a> Frederick IO, Qiu C, Enquobahrie DA, Aurora SK, Peterlin BL, Gelaye B, et al. Lifetime prevalence and correlates of migraine among women in a pacific northwest pregnancy cohort study. Headache 2014 Apr; 54(4):675-685.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-admin\/post-new.php#_ftnref2\">[3]<\/a> Migraine Diagnosis &amp; Management from a GP Perspective Quick Reference Guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors often see headache disorders, with migraine being one of the most common. For this reason, it is estimated to cost the Irish economy \u20ac252 million a year[1]. A migraine diary can be hugely beneficial to patients and their healthcare providers. Dr Ruttledge, Dr Mary Kearney and Ms Esther Tomkins co-authored The ICGP Migraine Quick &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/managing-pain\/migraine-quick-reference-guide\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":2225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2663],"tags":[2662],"class_list":["post-2222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-managing-pain","tag-managing-pain-2019"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/05\/07211436\/jeshoots-com-462287-unsplash-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/05\/07211436\/jeshoots-com-462287-unsplash-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Your Future Career","author_link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/author\/harveyodonnell\/"},"vicky_index_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4137,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222\/revisions\/4137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}