What is Menstrual migraine?
{{Infobox disease |Name = Menstrual migraine |Image = Human brain female side view.PNG |Caption = |DiseasesDB = |DiseasesDB_mult = (Migraine)<br/>{{DiseasesDB2|31876}} ([[Basilar]])<br/>{{DiseasesDB2|4693}} ([[Familial hemiplegic migraine|FHM]]) |ICD9 = {{ICD9|346.4}}{{ICD9|346.41}}{{ICD9|346.42}}{{ICD9|346.43}} |}} '''Menstrual migraine''' (also called ''catamenial migraine'') is term used to describe both ''true menstrual migraines'' and ''menstrually related migraines''. About 7%-14% of women have [[migraine]]s only at the time of [[menstruation]], these are called ''true menstrual migraines''. Most female migraneurs experience migraine attacks throughout the menstruation cycle with an increased number at the time of [[menstruation]]. These are called ''menstrually related'' or ''menstrually triggered migraine''.<ref>Robert A. Davidoff: Migraine:Manifestations, Pathogenesis, and Management: Manifestations p.122 (Oxford University Press, USA; 2nd edition, 2002): {{ISBN|0195137051}}</ref><ref>Robert B. Daroff, Gerald M Fenichel, Joseph Jankovic, John C Mazziotta. 2012. ''Bradley's Neurology in clinical practice: the neurological disorders.'' Volume 2. Editor: Walter George Bradle. Taylor and Francis. p.286 {{ISBN|1437704344}}</ref> It used to believed that [[treatment]]s for migraine would work in menstrual migraine but that has not proven to be the case. Menstrual migraines are now considered a separate [[medical]] [[disorder]] from migraine.<ref>Alice J. Dan, Linda L. Lewis: Menstrual Health in Women's Lives. p.152 (University of Illinois Press, 1991) {{ISBN|0252062094}}</ref> In 2008, menstrual migraines were given [[ICD-9]] codes (346.4-346.43) of their own which separate menstrual migraine from other types of migraine. About 40% of women and 20% of men will get a migraine at sometime in their life. Most of them will get their first migraine before they are 35-years-old. Menstrual-related migraines happen in more than 50% of women who have migraine headache