A patient has been diagnosed with migraines after experiencing headaches of increasing severity. When providing health education to this patient about her new diagnosis, what should the nurse convey?
A) The etiology of migraines is thought to have a genetic component.
B) Migraines are typically the result of prolonged psychosocial stress.
C) Migraines can be a precursor to transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) or stroke.
D) The pathophysiology of migraine headaches involves a disruption in the limbic system.
A
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Migraines demonstrate a familial pattern, and authorities believe that they are inherited as autosomal dominant traits with incomplete penetrance. Stress may precipitate a migraine, but this is not an aspect of the etiology. They are not a precursor to TIAs or stroke, and they do not involve disruption of the limbic system.
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