Migraine and vertigo

The phenomena of migraine headache and vertigo share many epidemiological, anatomical, and clinical characteristics. The historically parallel development of the neuroscience of each field has formally intersected in the development of consensus criteria for vestibular migraine and the inclusion of vestibular migraine in the International Classification of Headache Disorders. Differences exist in the temporal profile of head pain and vertigo as manifestations of migraine, which can obscure the association. However, the growing body of evidence on the common demographic, neurochemical signature, and treatment responses of pain and vestibular symptoms indicate that they exist as symptoms of a common syndrome, one which can only be fully understood by recognizing the significance of each kind of manifestation.