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(Message started by: dougW on May 30^th, 2003, 8:23am)

Title: Twins Study
Post by dougW on May 30^th, 2003, 8:23am

From Cephalalgia, Volume 23, Issue 5, Page 376 - June 2003. Abstract is copied below.

Seems someone is wokring on determining the familial ffactors and the enviromental (aquired) factors for clusters.

Doug Wright

A note on cluster headache in a population-based twin register
Da Svensson, K Ekbom1, NL Pedersen2,3, H Träff1 & E Waldenlind1

Evidence of a familial risk factor in cluster headache is accumulating and studies of twin concordance may resolve family resemblance into genetic and environmental influences. The past literature on cluster headache in twins comprises a few case reports of concordant monozygotic pairs. Swedish twin pairs with a diagnosis of cluster headache were selected through a cross-match of national registers of twin births and hospitalizations. Seventeen discordant twin pairs were found, in which it was possible to verify cluster headache status in 11 complete pairs (two monozygotic, four dizygotic, and five unlike-sexed pairs). In both members of a female monozygotic pair, migraine without aura developed after birth of the first child and remitted by menopause, whereas post-menopausal development of chronic cluster headache occurred in only one of them. The importance of individual specific factors for cluster headache was demonstrated. However, to explain familial aggregation a larger sample of affected twin pairs is necessary.

Title: Re: Twins Study
Post by cbolony on May 30^th, 2003, 11:57am

I'am a identical twin 50 years old had CH since 1996
my brother does not have CH ??? ???

Title: Re: Twins Study
Post by dougW on May 30^th, 2003, 2:02pm

O forgot to mention, I also have a twin brother, fraternal (dizygotic or non-identical) .He doesn't know what a "regualr" headache is.

Doug Wright

Title: Re: Twins Study
Post by jonny on May 30^th, 2003, 2:57pm

Yo Doug Dude,

I dont know if this fits here but as you probably know ive been chronic for nearly 28 years and my older bro (1 yr older) was diagnosed with CH 6 months ago. He said he had the same pain last year for about 2 months, which to me sounds like episodic.

Just thought id throw this in.

..................................jonny

Title: Re: Twins Study
Post by cathy on May 30^th, 2003, 4:31pm

DougW....That is really interesting!

Cathy (Supporter who is a twin, with twins...) :)

Title: Re: Twins Study
Post by Karla on May 31^st, 2003, 8:15pm

I have 17 year old identical twins. One is an eposodic ch sufferer and migraine sufferer. The other has no headaches at all. Plus I am chronic ch sufferer.

Title: Re: Twins Study
Post by andy on Jun 3^rd, 2003, 9:16pm

I am also a twin and my fraternal twin does not get CH, maybe some meegrains but no CH. ...............andy