Factors contributing to inaccurate migraine diagnosis: a prospective study at a tertiary hospital in Southern Thailand
Kanokrat Suwanlaong, Sirianong Sittisomwong, Duangkamon Dutsadeethammo, Prakit Anukoolwittaya, Wanakorn Rattanawong · 2025
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Kanokrat Suwanlaong and colleagues measured how often migraine is missed before patients reach a specialist headache clinic in southern Thailand. Missed migraine leads to late treatment and medicine overuse. Writing in twenty twenty-five, the team enrolled adults at a hospital clinic whose migraine was confirmed by two neurologists who worked independently. Each patient history was sorted by whether the first doctor seen had named migraine correctly, and traits of the patients and of that first visit were compared between the groups.
More than two fifths of the patients had been misdiagnosed at first, most often as tension headache or sinus trouble. Misses were more likely for men, for pain on both sides of the head. When activity did not worsen pain, when dizziness was present, and when the first doctor was not a neurologist. The authors urge better migraine training for front-line doctors.
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| CREATOR | Kanokrat Suwanlaong, Sirianong Sittisomwong, Duangkamon Dutsadeethammo, Prakit Anukoolwittaya, Wanakorn Rattanawong |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |