Primary Osteoarthritis, Migraine Headaches, and Motion Sickness

Abstract

From historical data of 200 patients presenting with Heberden's nodes and associated musculoskeletal complaints, and from 100 control subjects beyond 50 years of age and without Heberden's nodes, it is postulated that symptomatic primary osteoarthritis (Heberden's nodes), migraine headaches, and motion sickness are related, possibly in a genetic manner. It is possible that a lifelong history of musculoskeletal aches and pains, nausea, headaches, and nervous phenomena, such as insomnia and tension in an afflicted subject and members of his family, have a physiological as well as a psychological basis.