Fluids Hypertension Syndromes: Migraines, Headaches, Normal ...

Fluids Hypertension Syndromes – Dr. Leonardo Izecksohn – page 114
Out of these 270 patients, we found:
- 251 patients (93%) with some migraine or other sign or symptom, so distributed:
- 96 patients (35.6%) with wide frontal migraines;
- 85 patients (31.5%) worsened at morning;
- 84 patients (31.1%) with blepharitis or itching eyes;
- 76 patients (28.1%) with tearfulness or Rhinitis with coryza (rhinorrhea);
- 73 patients (27%) with aches at their eyes;
- 48 patients (17.8%) with temporal migraines or at the head-top (vertex);
- 46 patients (17%) with eyes redness;
- 43 patients (15.9%) with eyelids edemas;
- 38 patients (14.1%) with occipital migraines;
- 35 patients (13%) with photophobia;
- 20 women (11.9% out of 168 women) worsened with the menses.
- 22 patients (8.1%) with dizziness - vertigo;
- 20 patients (7.4%) with Chronic cough without any pulmonary lesion;
And other signs and symptoms less frequent.
At the examination of these 270 patients with IOP of 17 mmHg or bigger, we found:
- 103 patients (38.1%) presented some glaucoma, so distributed:
- 30 patients (11.1%) suspects of Glaucoma;
- 35 patients (13%) with incipient glaucoma;
- 38 patients (14.1%) with advanced glaucoma;
- 126 patients (47.6%) with some Optic Nerve’s borders edema, so distributed:
- 95 patients (35.2%) with minimal Optic Nerve’s borders edema;
- 31 patients (11.5%) with evident Optic Nerve’s borders edema;
- 60 patients (22%) without any Optic Nerve's borders edema or glaucoma.
The etiologies of these 270 patients with raised intraocular pressures were:
- 150 patients (59.8%) drank too much liquids, with an average of 3.2 liters each day,
- 145 patients (53.7%) drank caffeine, as coffee, mate, tea or soft drinks.
- 103 patients (38.1%) with shallow anterior chamber;
- 80 patients (31.9%) drank caffeinated soft drinks;
- 77 patients (30.7%) drank coffee, mate or tea;
- 76 patients (30.3%) drank beer;
- 34 patients (13.5%) drank medications that raise the fluids’ pressures.
- 14 patients (5.6%) had familial glaucoma;
- 10 patients (4%) presented visceral disturbances.
- And other lesser frequent etiologies.
We conclude that intraocular pressure of 17 mmHg or more in 93% of patients was related with
some migraine or other sign or symptom; in 38.1% of patients was related with some glaucoma.
We conclude that even with this raised intraocular pressure, 47.6% of patients presented also
raised Cerebrospinal fluid pressure bigger than the intraocular pressure.
XI- 8 and XI- 14) Beer and Wine Migraines, Benign Intracranial Hypertension and Glaucoma:
We had 267 patients (21% out of 931) when drinking more than 500 milliliter of beer, and 71 patients
(5.6% out of 931) when drinking more than 200 milliliter of wine, worsened their Migraines and other
symptoms few hours after the drinks or at the next morning, and this is known as Hangover. Some of
these patients drank both beer and wine.
At Fridays and Saturdays the volume of beer drank usually was increased.
From the other 339 patients without Migraines, only 33 (9.7% out of 339) referred drinking beer, and
three out of these 33 drank beer and wine.