the purpose of the following study is to evaluate the frequency , clinical characteristics and causes of headache, as well as its place in the natural history of the disease in an HIV positive population. Out of 368 HIV positive subjects under neurological observation , who were evaluated consecutively , 158 (58,7%) manifested headache. from this study it has been observed that headache is present in the 58% of the studied population associated with HIV-related pathologies, associated with non HIV-related pathologies in the 25% and as idiopathic headhache in the 17%. it has been observed that HIV-related pathologies are mainly connected to a tension type headache wich manifests it-self particularly in the advanced stages of the illness; the headache associated with non HIV-related pathologies occurs in the intermediate stages of the illness in both migraine and tension types. Finally the migraine type prevails among all of idiopathic headache and it manifests in every stage of the disease.
Obiettivo del presente studio è di valutare la frequenza , le caratteristiche cliniche e le cause del sintomo cefalea, nonché la sua collocazione all'interno della storia naturale di malattia in una popolazione di soggetti HIV sieropositivi. A tale scopo sono stati retrospettivamente valutati 386 soggetti; di questi 269 soggetti erano affetti da una patologia cerebrale e 158 (58,7%) presentavano il sintomo cefalea. Dal presente studio emerge che la sintomatologia cefalalgica si presenta, nella popolazione allo studio, associata a patologie HIV correlate nel 58% dei soggetti, come cefalea non associata a patologie HIV-correlate nel 25% e come cefale aidiopatica nel 17%. Si è osservato che le patologie HIV-correlate sono prevalentemente associate a cefalea di tipo gravativo, che si manifesta soprattutto nelle fasi avanzate di malattia; le cefalee non associate a patologie HIV-correlate si manifestano invece sia in forma gravativa che pulsante, coinvolgendo le fasi intermedie di malattia. Infine, tra le forme di cefalea idiopatica, riscontrabile in tutte le fasi di malattia, prevale quella a carattere pulsante.
Grassi, M., Borella, M., Perin, C., Maggiore, L., Mangoni, A. (2001). Frequenza e caratteristiche cliniche della cefalea in una popolazione di 386 soggetti HIV sieropositivi. Frequency and clinical characteristics of headache in 386 HIV seropositive subjects. GIORNALE ITALIANO DI MALATTIE INFETTIVE, 7(1), 24-29.
Frequenza e caratteristiche cliniche della cefalea in una popolazione di 386 soggetti HIV sieropositivi. Frequency and clinical characteristics of headache in 386 HIV seropositive subjects
PERIN, CECILIA;
2001
Abstract
the purpose of the following study is to evaluate the frequency , clinical characteristics and causes of headache, as well as its place in the natural history of the disease in an HIV positive population. Out of 368 HIV positive subjects under neurological observation , who were evaluated consecutively , 158 (58,7%) manifested headache. from this study it has been observed that headache is present in the 58% of the studied population associated with HIV-related pathologies, associated with non HIV-related pathologies in the 25% and as idiopathic headhache in the 17%. it has been observed that HIV-related pathologies are mainly connected to a tension type headache wich manifests it-self particularly in the advanced stages of the illness; the headache associated with non HIV-related pathologies occurs in the intermediate stages of the illness in both migraine and tension types. Finally the migraine type prevails among all of idiopathic headache and it manifests in every stage of the disease.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.