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Chronic migraine patients at increased risk of jawbone disorder

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Chronic migraine patients at increased risk of jawbone disorder

Chronic migraine patients at increased risk of jawbone disorder

Washington: Beware! Patients with chronic migraine are three times more likely to suffer from severe jawbone disorder, finds a recent study.

Researchers from the University of Sao Paulo’s Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine in Brazil found that the more frequent the migraine attacks, the more severe will be the so-called temporomandibular disorder (TMD) – Pain and compromised movement of the jaw joint and the surrounding muscles. The findings revealed that the signs and symptoms of TMD were observed in 54 percent of the control participants, without migraine, 80 percent of participants with episodic migraine, and 100 percent of those with chronic migraine.

 
First author Lidiane Florencio stated that central sensitisation may explain the association between the frequency of migraine attacks and the severity of TMD. However, the researchers claim that the research was the first to consider the frequency of migraine attacks when analyzing its connection with TMD.

The team assessed 84 women in their early to mid 30s, where 21 were chronic migraine patients, 32 had episodic migraine, while 32 with no history of migraine were included as controls. “The repetition of migraine attacks may increase sensitivity to pain,” she said.

TMD is stress-related as much as it has to do with muscle overload, where the patients display joint symptoms – such as joint pain, reduced jaw movement, clicking or popping of the temporomandibular joint. Lead researcher Debora Grossi said that migraine patients are more likely to have signs and symptoms of TMD, but the reverse is not true. There are cases of patients with severe TMD who don’t present with migraine.

Grossi added that having TMD may worsen one’s migraine attacks in terms of both severity and frequency. The results appear in the journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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