The potential impact of nutritional intake on symptoms severity in patients with comorbid migraine and irritable bowel syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Specific dietary recommendations for migraine patients with comorbid irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are lacking. This work aimed to study the severity scores of such two common pain-related disorders in relation to various macronutrients and micronutrients intake.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with concomitant migraine and IBS. The frequency and intensity of migraine attacks and the severity of IBS were evaluated. Data on dietary intake were collected using food frequency questionnaires and 24-hour dietary recall.

Results

One-hundred patients with a median age of 36 years participated. The severity scores for migraine and IBS were positively correlated with fat and copper and negatively correlated with fiber and zinc intake. Copp

SUBMITTER: Magdy R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9150376 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature