According to Dr. Brooks.D.Cash , professor and chief of gastroenterology , haematology and nutrition at UTHealth Houston in Texas has recognised that as per the study held in the field of gastroenterology concluded the connection Migrane and chronic gastrointestinal diseases.
Dr. Rudolf Bedford , board certified gastroenterologist at Providence Saint Monica, CA told that the research result was not surprising. He further added “inflammatory bowl disease we see some extra intestinal manifestation involving ocular (eye) finding which maybe neurogenic in nature so it wasn’t surprising.”
This is not the first study done to look into the connection between IBD and migraine.
Research published in March 2023 reported increased prevalence between IBD and migraine patients with or without aura. For the current study a research was conducted within 10 Million south Koreans analysing 3% of migraine patients have IBD. Chances of IBD was found more in person with migraine than without it.
Scientist reviewed the data through subgroups of crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis , people with migraine have higher risk of either condition than people with no history of migraine.
After diagnosis of migraine researchers found that people are at higher risk of developing crohn’s disease within 5 years of follow-up. Based on these findings researchers suggested people with migraine should be monitored carefully and should be under regular check up and physicians should look for early signs of IBD.
Its important to identify triggers of IBD alongside the migraine. Dr. Bedford stated that ” it is important to identify potential health issues they may trigger IBD. Doctors may be able to mitigate the symptoms of IBD they should know what it can be associated with “. He added” we don’t normally question patients with IBD wheather or not they have migraine, so it should probably be rate as something we should be doing more frequently “.
regarding next steps of data Dr.Cash said “right now all we have are hypothesis,” “are there changes in gut brain communication pathways?or sensory perception in enteric and central nervous system are involved? Are there contribution of psychological and stress related factors?, ” the researchers are finding is there a way to mitigate migraine potentially preventing the spread of their inflammatory bowl disease or vice versa is certainly something to look into.
