MIGRAINE DUE TO MILK: FEEDING TESTS
Authors: A. Alvin Wolf, Leon Unger
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Case Reports1 May 1944MIGRAINE DUE TO MILK: FEEDING TESTSA. ALVIN WOLF, LEON UNGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.A. ALVIN WOLFSearch for more papers by this author, LEON UNGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-5-828 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBecause of the spectacular result which we were able to obtain in this case, we believe it well worth reporting. This is all the more desirable when we realize that the method of testing is simple and that recovery is complete as long as the patient avoids the food which causes the symptoms.CASE REPORTM. C., female, age 37, schoolteacher, was referred because of attacks of migraine and urticaria. She stated that she had had "sick headaches" for over 30 years, and hives for about two or three years. She described an attack of migraine as follows: Preceding the...Bibliography1. GOLTMAN AM: The mechanism of migraine, Jr. Allergy, 1936, vii, 351. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. VAUGHAN WT: Practice of allergy, 1939, C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. ROWE AH: Clinical allergy, 1937, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar4. SHELDONRANDOLPH JMTG: Allergy in migraine-like headaches, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1935, cxc, 232. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. ANDRESEN AF: Migraine, an allergic phenomenon, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis., 1934, i, 14. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SPEES C: Migraine from allergic point of view, Med. Jr. Australia, 1938, i, 875. Google Scholar7. HARTSOCKMCGURL CLFJ: Migraine, allergy as a factor, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1938, xxii, 325. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. LIMA AO: Clinical problems of migraine in children, Brazil Med., 1939, liii, 765. Google Scholar9. WATT JM: The treatment of allergic headache, South African Jr. Med. Sci., 1938, iii, 95. Google Scholar10. RINKEL HJ: Migraine. Some considerations of allergy as a factor in familial recurrent headache, Jr. Allergy, 1933, iv, 303. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BALYEAT RM: Migraine, diagnosis and treatment, 1933, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar12. EYERMANN CH: Allergic headache, Jr. Allergy, 1931, ii, 106. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. BRAY GW: Recent advances in allergy, 3rd Edition, 1937, P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Inc., Philadelphia. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. UNGER L: Migraine reproduced by injections of specific allergens, Jr. Allergy, 1941, xii, 197-201. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication March 20, 1943. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFOOD ALLERGY AND MIGRAINEGENETICALLY DETERMINED VARIABILITY IN DRUG METABOLISM: DUAL SLOW ACETYLATION AND DRUG OXIDATION TRAITSMigraine Diagnostic and Therapeutic AspectsSection D. Nutritive value of milk and milk products 1 May 1944Volume 20, Issue 5Page: 828-831KeywordsFoodMigraineMilkUrticaria Issue Published: 1 May 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...