Headache Study

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15 de agosto de 2025

headache and other less common MS symptoms.Watch an “Ask the Expert” webinar on headaches to get strategies for preventing and treating headaches.Learn more about living with migraine and other headache disorders in videos from the National Headache Foundation.“Migraine and tension-type headache in multiple sclerosis: A two-year, prospective, longitudinal, controlled study” by Panagiotis Gklinos, Maria-Eleftheria Evangelopoulos, Georgios Velonakis, and Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas is published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 103 (2025) 106664." c-nmssatomrichtext_nmssatomrichtext-host="">

Investigators in Greece report that 96 people with MS were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with any type of headache, and with migraine specifically, when compared with 96 people without MS. People with MS had higher levels of pain intensity and more frequent episodes of headache, compared with people without MS.Get strategies for preventing and treating headaches below.Background: Research shows that headache can appear as a symptom of MS. Most studies have been retrospective, a format that requires people to recall headache frequency and severity after the fact. A “prospective” study, which follows participants as the events are occurring, may produce more accurate findings.The Study: A team from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens tracked 96 people with MS and 96 controls without MS for two years. Participants filled out structured headache diaries that captured many aspects of headaches, including episode frequency and duration; pain location, quality and intensity; and monthly use of pain relievers.Results: Using powerful statistical methods to analyze the diaries, the team showed that people with MS were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with any type of headache. Those with MS were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with migraine headaches specifically.People with MS reported longer attack duration, higher pain intensity and increased frequency of episodes, compared with people without MS.The group with MS used pain relievers more frequently than the group without MS (3.4 days per month vs. 1.6 days per month).Why Does this Matter? This small, rigorous study adds important information on the commonness of headache in people with MS. Further study will help to determine why this would be, and lend insight into how best to manage headache in people with MS.Learn more…Meanwhile, people with MS and healthcare providers can learn strategies for catching the warning signs for headaches and how to manage them.Learn more about headache and other less common MS symptoms.Watch an “Ask the Expert” webinar on headaches to get strategies for preventing and treating headaches.Learn more about living with migraine and other headache disorders in videos from the National Headache Foundation.“Migraine and tension-type headache in multiple sclerosis: A two-year, prospective, longitudinal, controlled study” by Panagiotis Gklinos, Maria-Eleftheria Evangelopoulos, Georgios Velonakis, and Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas is published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 103 (2025) 106664.

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Acerca de la esclerosis múltiple

La esclerosis múltiple es una enfermedad impredecible del sistema nervioso central. En la actualidad no hay cura. Los síntomas varían de una persona a otra y pueden incluir fatiga discapacitante, dificultad de movimiento, cambios cognitivos y problemas de visión. Se calcula que 1 millón de personas en Estados Unidos tienen esclerosis múltiple. El diagnóstico y el tratamiento oportunos son cruciales para minimizar la discapacidad. Se logran avances considerables hacia un mundo libre de esclerosis múltiple.

Acerca de la Sociedad Nacional de Esclerosis Múltiple

La Sociedad Nacional de Esclerosis Múltiple, fundada en 1946, es el líder mundial de un movimiento cada vez mayor para librar al mundo de la esclerosis múltiple. La Sociedad financia investigación de vanguardia para una cura, impulsa cambios con activismo y ofrece programas y servicios para ayudar a las personas afectadas por la esclerosis múltiple a vivir con ella de mejor manera. Conéctese para obtener más información y participar: nationalmssociety.org, Facebook, X, anteriormente conocida como Twitter, Instagram, YouTube o 1-800-344-4867.

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Personas con esclerosis múltiple tienen el doble de probabilidad de tener algún tipo de dolor de cabeza, según un nuevo estudio limitado.