Features of comorbidity of menstrual-related migraine

The key characteristics of migraine are its considerable predominance in reproductive-aged women. Studying the role of gender characteristics in the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of migraine, as well as the patterns of changes in the level of female sex hormones depending on the menstrual cycle allow menstrual-related migraine to be considered as an independent subtype of the disease with the presence of characteristic clinical symptoms. The role of comorbidity in the development of menstrual-related migraine remains one of the little studied aspects of this problem.The review presents an update on the patterns of the course of migraine in repriductive-aged women, the effects of hormonal drugs on migraine, and gynecological comorbidity