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title: Do hormones affect types of headaches other than migraines? | Niyora
description: This review suggests that hormones and menstruation do affect various types of headaches besides migraines. However, the evidence is not as clear or strong as
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Survey study, 2011

# Do hormones affect types of headaches other than migraines?

This review suggests that hormones and menstruation do affect various types of headaches besides migraines. However, the evidence is not as clear or strong as the evidence for hormone-related migraines.

 Early or limited evidence

Not applicable (review article)

## What they did

This article reviewed published studies on how tension headaches, cluster headaches, and other specific types of headaches change during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause.

## What they found

The review found at least some evidence that hormones in general, and menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause in particular, impact several types of headaches beyond migraine, including tension-type headache, cluster headache, other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, and hemicrania continua.

## What it means for you

This review summarizes what other researchers have found but does not present new original research or specific numbers. The evidence for non-migraine headaches is less developed than for migraine. More research is needed to understand how hormones affect these different headache types.

## About the study

Original title Sex hormones and primary headaches other than migraine Authors Lieba-Samal D, Wöber C Journal Current pain and headache reports Year 2011 Study design Survey study Read the paper [doi.org/10.1007/s11916-011-0211-5](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-011-0211-5)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Anxiety and tension](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-anxiety/)[Pain and headache](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-pain/)[Pregnancy and postpartum](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-postpartum/)[Migraine](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-migraine/)

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