Abstract
Because there are no definitive tests to “prove” the presence of migraine, its diagnosis remains one of exclusion (as Chapter 1 explains). In addition, a wide array of possible symptoms can, and often does, accompany the primary symptom of headache—symptoms that vary tremendously from one sufferer to another, and frequently even from one attack to another in the same sufferer. To further complicate the situation, many of the symptoms of migraine occur in various other disorders as well. For all of these reasons—plus others that were considered in Chapter 1 (including poor communication skills on the part of physicians and their failure to keep abreast of the latest medical research)—there is an extraordinary possibility for misdiagnosis when dealing with migraine, resulting in many legitimate cases of migraine being mistaken for other conditions and vice versa.
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Burks, S.L. (1994). Disorders That Muddy the Water. In: Managing Your Migraine. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0305-6_8
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