Neuropathy and primary headaches affect different subgroups of inflammatory bowel disease patients.

Neurological Sciences : Official Journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
Antônio M F LeitãoF A A Gondim

Abstract

Peripheral neuropathies (PN) and primary headaches (PH) are common comorbidities in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. We aimed to evaluate whether PN and PH affect the same subgroups of IBD patients. Since 2004, we established a cohort study to evaluate neurological diseases in IBD patients. Over 2 years, all consecutive (N = 155) IBD patients (either Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC) were evaluated for the presence of PN and PH. PH were also evaluated in dyspeptic patients (N = 84) and IBD relatives (controls, N = 101). After neurological evaluation, symptomatic patients underwent skin wrinkling test to evaluate small fiber function and/or electromyography. Headaches and migraine were more prevalent in IBD than control patients: 52.3 and 34.2% vs. 40.6 and 20.8% (P < 0.05). Migraine was 2.6 times more common in CD patients than controls (CI = 1.34-5.129) and 8.6 times (13.3 times in the CD group) more common in men with IBD (P < 0.05). Headache and migraine were also more common in dyspeptic patients (P < 0.05). Chi-square, univariate, and multivariate regression analysis did not disclose any association between PN, headache, or PH (P > 0.05). Multivariate regression analysis disclosed that headaches wer...Continue Reading

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