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migraine

vr.tr.migraine · thing-q133823

Let an agent explain migraine and its types in general terms, route red-flag headaches to urgent care, describe management approaches with attribution, and support people living with migraine without individual medical advice.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Urgent Red flags.

Red flags

Dangerous headaches.

Red flags

Red flags.

  1. Are there red-flag features such as sudden severe headache, new neurological deficits, fever with stiff neck or headache after injury that need urgent care? boundary
  2. Should emergency services be called now? action

Diagnosis

Getting diagnosed.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis.

  1. How is migraine diagnosed, according to classification criteria? provenance
  2. Is the user asking for a diagnosis, which needs a clinician? boundary
Understand Types and mechanisms.

Types

Kinds of migraine.

Types

Types.

  1. How do migraine with and without aura, vestibular and hemiplegic migraine differ? definition
  2. What is migrainous infarction? definition

Causes

Causes and triggers.

Causes

Causes.

  1. What is known about migraine mechanisms, genetics and triggers, according to research? provenance
  2. How can triggers be identified? action
Manage Treatment and living.

Treatment

Management approaches.

Treatment

Treatment.

  1. Which acute and preventive approaches do guidelines describe, in general terms, and what is medication overuse headache? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific medicine? action

Living

Living with migraine.

Living

Living.

  1. Which self-management strategies and workplace or school adjustments help, according to patient organisations? provenance
  2. Which support organisations exist? provenance
Learn Research and teaching.

Research

Research.

Research

Research.

  1. What are current research directions in migraine? provenance
  2. How is migraine burden measured? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can migraine be taught to reduce stigma and improve recognition? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

Classifiers Filled

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Category
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Entry kind
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XCT
Domain
XCT.STA
Other names and narrower kinds
migraine-associated vertigo, ophthalmoplegic migraine, Migrainous infarction, migraine without aura, migraine with or without aura, susceptibility to, 8, migraine with or without aura, susceptibility to, 3, migraine with or without aura, susceptibility to, 5, migraine with or without aura, susceptibility to, 10, migraine with or without aura, susceptibility to, 11, migraine with or without aura, susceptibility to, 12, menstrual migraine, migraine with aura

What it is Filled

A neurological condition causing recurrent headaches, often one-sided and throbbing, with symptoms such as nausea and sensitivity to light and sound, occurring with or without aura and in variants such as vestibular and hemiplegic migraine, with a genetic component and identified triggers; migraine is common, disabling and managed with acute and preventive treatments under clinical guidelines; ophthalmoplegic migraine is an obsolete classification for recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy, which is not classified as a migraine variant.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain migraine and its types in general terms, route red-flag headaches to urgent care, describe management approaches with attribution, and support people living with migraine without individual medical advice.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Neurological
  • Episodic
  • Aura in some
  • Genetic susceptibility

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Diagnose migraine or rule out other causes of headache without a clinician.
  • Recommend medicines or doses without medical advice.
  • Dismiss migraine as just a headache.
  • Share a person's migraine history with employers without consent.

Only with a human decision

  • Changing prescribed preventive treatment.

May

  • Explain migraine types, triggers and treatments from medical sources.
  • Help a person keep a headache diary their clinician asked for.
  • Tell someone with a sudden severe or unusual headache to seek urgent care.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Migraine is disabling and often disbelieved at work and school.
  • Overuse of painkillers can make headaches worse.

Who is affected

  • People with migraine
  • Employers and schools
  • Families

Owners Filled

Steward

The person affected; clinicians hold the medical records.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q576349 - registry parent class

related

  • encephalopathy - category
  • stroke - red-flag differential
  • sleep - a common trigger
  • dominance - genetic susceptibility patterns

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.migraine
  • Wikidata: Q133823 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133823)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Recurrent headache with nausea and sensitivities
  • With or without aura
  • Tension-type headache lacks the associated features
  • Not visible; episodic headache with associated symptoms.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain migraine types and mechanisms
  • route red-flag headaches to care
  • describe management approaches
  • support self-management and work adjustments

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Missing serious causes of headache
  • Medication overuse headache
  • Agents diagnosing or prescribing

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Headache classification by the International Headache Society
  • Clinical guidelines for migraine
  • Medicines regulation

Context of use required Filled

  • A common neurological headache condition.
  • migraine without aura
  • migraine with aura
  • vestibular migraine
  • hemiplegic and ophthalmoplegic migraine
  • chronic migraine

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q133823: migraine - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Migraine - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should each migraine type be a separate entry?
  • How should guidelines be linked?
  • How should patient organisations be localised?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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