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Migraine with aura is a stroke risk factor more common in women, requiring specific attention in stroke prevention guidelines.
If you have migraines with aura, inform your doctor, as this condition increases your stroke risk and requires specific preventive strategies.
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This guideline focuses on the risk factors unique to women, such as reproductive factors, and those that are more common in women, including migraine with aura, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and atrial fibrillation.
Why this rating
Guideline recommendation based on reviewed literature.
Source
Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Women
Cheryl Bushnell et al. · Stroke · 2014
DOI 10.1161/01.str.0000442009.06663.48
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