چکیده (انگلیسی):

Objective: As commonly seen symptoms, headaches are among the most frequently encountered health
challenges in emergency rooms by healthcare professionals. Among one of the most commonly seen and
primary headaches is migraine. Migraines are mostly accompanied by functional deficits.
Aims: To observe the changes of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio occurring during migraine attacks.
Method: This is a retrospective study where hospital records of patients previously diagnosed with
migraine and admitted to the emergency with the complaints of attacks between May 2014 and January
2015 were investigated. All patients in the study were evaluated as to age, gender and complete blood
count. Additionally, a healthy control group was formed with individuals with no disorders. By also
evaluating the same features in the controls, the values found in the patients and controls alike were
compared.
Results: The values of white blood cell, lymphocyte, neutrophil, hemoglobin, thrombocyte and neutrophil/lymphocyte
ratio determined in the patient group (n ¼ 92) were statistically compared with those of
the controls (n ¼ 67). Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio during the attacks was found higher in the patients,
compared to the controls.
Conclusion: Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio is a sign of inflammation, and we consider that this ratio will
also increase during migraine attacks, as with other inflammatory and acute processes.