Migraine Trigger Factors in a Non-Clinical Mexican-American Population in San Diego County: Implications for Etiology

Cephalalgia ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 523-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
LC Turner ◽  
CA Molgaard ◽  
CH Gardner ◽  
JF Rothrock ◽  
PE Stang
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Menstrual Migraine ◽  
San Diego County ◽  
Hormonal Changes ◽  
Trigger Factors ◽  
History Of ◽  
Weather Changes ◽  
Mexican American Population

We conducted an investigation of migraine headache in a general population of Mexican-Americans living in San Diego county. Specific headache triggers were reported and analyzed, the most frequently reported for females with migraine being missing meals (58.9%), weather changes (54.4%), menstruation (53.6%), post-crisis letdown (52.7%), and fatigue (51.8%). The most frequently reported trigger factors for migraines reported by males were fatigue (58.8%), sleep (as a precipitating factor) (56.3%), post-crisis letdown (41.2%), and weather changes (37.5%). Trigger factors were further evaluated using stratification by presence or absence of Raynaud's phenomenon (RP), menstrual migraine, family history of migraine, and by migraine type. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. These results suggest that subjects with migraine and RP (perhaps indicative of a systematic vascular tone disorder) and those with menstrual migraine (indicative of sensitivity to hormonal changes) may overall be more sensitive to certain environmental stimuli, particularly those involving change in the internal environment.

Mexican American Identity: Regional Differentiation in New Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casandra D. Salgado
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Mexican Immigrants ◽  
Ethnic Identification ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Defensive Strategy ◽  
Long Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mexican American Identity

Existing research inadequately addresses the variation in Mexican Americans’ patterns of ethnic identification. Drawing on 78 interviews, I address this question by exploring how conceptions of ancestry and nationality shape ethnic identification among New Mexico’s long-standing Mexican American population, Nuevomexicanos. I find that Nuevomexicanos emphasized their ties to Spanish heritage within the history of New Mexico to explain their ethnicity and to construct their identity in opposition to Mexican immigrants. Although Nuevomexicanos varied in their claims to Mexican ancestry, they generally prioritized their roots in the original Spanish settlement of New Mexico to emphasize distinctions in ancestry, nationality, and regionality from Mexican immigrants. Moreover, despite Nuevomexicanos’ persistent claims to Spanish ancestry, they did not perceive themselves as racially White. Instead, Spanish ancestry was integral to Nuevomexicano identity because it enabled them to highlight their regional ties to New Mexico and long-time American identities. Thus, I argue that Nuevomexicanos’ enduring claims to Spanish ancestry represent a defensive strategy to enact dissociation from stigmatized Mexican immigrants. Overall, these findings show that Mexican Americans’ dissociation strategies are contingent on how they define themselves as members of an ethnic and national community. These findings also indicate that “Mexican American” as an identity term is a loosely maintained membership category among “Mexican Americans” because of their intragroup heterogeneity.

Legally White, Socially “Mexican”: The Politics of De Jure and De Facto School Segregation in the American Southwest

2012 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rubén Donato ◽  
Jarrod Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
State Level ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
Boards Of Education ◽  
School Segregation ◽  
School Officials ◽  
State Statutes ◽  
De Jure Segregation ◽  
History Of

The history of Mexican American school segregation is complex, often misunderstood, and currently unresolved. The literature suggests that Mexican Americans experienced de facto segregation because it was local custom and never sanctioned at the state level in the American Southwest. However, the same literature suggests that Mexican Americans experienced de jure segregation because school officials implemented various policies that had the intended effect of segregating Mexican Americans. Rubén Donato and Jarrod S. Hanson argue in this article that although Mexican Americans were legally categorized as “White,” the American public did not recognize the category and treated Mexican Americans as socially “colored” in their schools and communities. Second, although there were no state statutes that sanctioned the segregation of Mexican Americans, it was a widespread trend in the American Southwest. Finally, policies and practices historically implemented by school officials and boards of education should retroactively be considered de jure segregation.

Clinically Significant Diuretic-Induced Glucose Intolerance

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 969-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kathryn Lowder ◽  
Henry I. Bussey ◽  
Nancy J. Sugarek
Keyword(s):  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Glucose Intolerance ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Blood Glucose Concentration ◽  
Fasting Blood Glucose ◽  
American Woman ◽  
History Of ◽  
Clinically Significant

Diuretic-induced glucose intolerance is cited frequently as a problem of only limited clinical significance. In certain populations, such as Mexican-Americans, this effect may be much more dramatic. A 50-year-old obese Mexican-American woman presented with a three-month history of increased thirst and frequent urination. A fasting blood glucose concentration of 365 mg/dL prompted initiation of chlorpropamide therapy. A review of her medical history revealed that a thiazide diuretic was started six months previously. A reduction in thiazide dose and potassium supplementation together with chlorpropamide therapy controlled the patient's blood glucose. Subsequently, all three medications were discontinued, and the patient remained normoglycemic during a full year of follow-up. The temporal relationship between symptomatic diabetes and hydrochlorothiazide therapy incriminates the diuretic as the most probable cause.

Natural History of the White-Tailed Kite in San Diego County, California

The Condor ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
James B. Dixon ◽  
Ralph E. Dixon ◽  
James E. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
San Diego ◽  
San Diego County ◽  
History Of

Before Chicano

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Varon
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Unpublished Manuscripts

Before Chicano: Citizenship and the Making of Mexican American Manhood, 1848-1959 is the first book-length study of Latino manhood before the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Mexican Americans are typically overlooked or omitted from American cultural life of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, despite their long-standing presence in the U.S. This book dislodges the association between Mexican Americans and immigration and calls for a new framework for understanding Mexican American cultural production and U.S. culture, but doing so requires an expanded archive and a multilingual approach to U.S. culture.Working at the intersection of culture and politics, Mexican Americans drew upon American democratic ideals and U.S. foundational myths to develop evolving standards of manhood and political participation. Through an analysis of Mexican American print culture (including fiction, newspapers and periodicals, government documents, essays, unpublished manuscripts, images, travelogues, and other genres), it demonstrates that Mexican Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries envisioned themselves as U.S. national citizens through cultural depictions of manhood. Before Chicano moves beyond the resistance paradigm that has dominated Latino Studies and uncovers a long history of how Latinos shaped—and were shaped by—American cultural life.

scholarly journals Sex differences in prevalence of migraine trigger factors: A cross-sectional study

Cephalalgia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 033310242097436
Author(s):  
Daphne S van Casteren ◽  
Iris E Verhagen ◽  
Gerrit LJ Onderwater ◽  
Antoinette MaassenVanDenBrink ◽  
Gisela M Terwindt
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Deprivation ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Bright Light ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Hormonal Changes ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Attack Frequency ◽  
Trigger Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Weather Changes

Aim To examine the effect of sex on migraine trigger factors. Methods Prevalence of 11 frequently reported trigger factors was determined in a cross-sectional study among migraine patients from a validated migraine database (n = 5725 females and n = 1061 males). Female-to-male odds ratios were calculated for each trigger, using a logistic regression model with attack frequency and migraine subtype (with or without aura) as covariates. Additionally, the effect of sex on total number of triggers per individual was determined. Results The top three most reported triggers in women were menstruation (78%), stress (77%), and bright light (69%). Men reported stress (69%), bright light (63%), and sleep deprivation (60%) most frequently as provoking factors. The following triggers were more often reported by women than men: Bright light (odds ratio 1.29 [95% CI 1.12–1.48]; p = 0.003), stress (1.47 [1.27–1.69]; p < 0.001), skipping a meal (1.24 [1.09–1.42]; p = 0.015), sleep deprivation (1.37 [1.20–1.57]; p < 0.001), high altitudes (1.70 [1.40–2.09]; p < 0.001), and weather changes (1.35 [1.18–1.55]; p < 0.001). Women reported more triggers than men, even when menstruation was disregarded (mean ± SD: 4.6 ± 2.3 and 4.3 ± 2.3; p < 0.001). Conclusion: Women report migraine trigger factors to be provocative of their attacks more frequently than men, which may be related to a lower migraine threshold due to sex hormonal changes.

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