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ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2026

A Global Perspective on Migraine Attack Triggers: Understanding Differences Across Lifestyles, Religions, and Regions.

Keiko Ihara, David García-Azorín, Chisato Iba, Koji Sekiguchi, Manuel Abaidoo, Augustina Charway-Felli, Mira P Fitzek, Amr Hassan, Tore Wergeland, Jason C Ray and 7 more

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

Keiko IharaDepartment of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
David García-AzorínHeadache Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
Chisato IbaDepartment of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Koji SekiguchiDepartment of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Manuel Abaidoo37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Augustina Charway-Felli37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Mira P FitzekDepartment of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Amr HassanDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al Ainy Hospitals, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Tore WergelandNorwegian Centre for Headache Research (NorHead), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Jason C RayDepartment of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Henrik Winther SchytzDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Raimundo P Silva-NétoUniversidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba, Parnaíba, Brazil.
Doga VuralliDepartment of Neurology and Algology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye, Turkey.
Jin NakaharaDepartment of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Chia-Chun ChiangDepartment of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Patricia Pozo-RosichNeurology Department, Headache Clinic, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
Tsubasa TakizawaDepartment of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. tsubasa.takizawa@keio.jp.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 24K10606
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review aims to summarize migraine attack triggers and understand variance across lifestyles, religions, and regions. RECENT

findingsExperts from 11 countries collaborated to suggest a definition of migraine attack triggers. After investigating the geographical distribution of various triggers, referring to an earlier review written by the International Headache Academy (iHEAD) of the International Headache Society, we collected literature and summarized findings on both globally observed triggers and region- or culture-specific triggers. The most common triggers included stress, menstruation, and sleep disturbances. Several triggers were observed only in certain cultural contexts, such as fasting during Ramadan or Yom Kippur, or in specific regions, including barometric pressure in Eastern Asia, Lodos winds in Türkiye, midnight sun in the Arctic region, and watermelon consumption in Brazil. We summarized migraine attack triggers reported universally and specifically in different settings. In addition to using conventional methodology, future studies should address the mechanisms and causality of these triggers.

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Life StyleMigraine DisordersGlobal HealthHumansInternational collaborationMigraineTrigger

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PMID42789130

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