Migraine

Understanding Headache and Migraine:

What is a headache?

As many as 90% of people have at least one headache per year. Headaches are often just minor head pain: however, 40% of people experience severe disabling pain annually.

Migraine

Migraine is a common type of headache that affects approximately 15% of women and 6% of men.

Characteristics:

  • Chronic and reoccurring; this means that migraines keep coming back although there are pain free intervals between headaches
  • May be activated or “triggered” by certain things such as menstruation and food
  • More than just a headache…also include nausea, vomiting and various other nerve-related problems such as sensitivity to light and sound
  • Up to a third suffer from aura, which involves disturbed vision (seeing flashing lights or zigzag patterns) or numbness and tingling
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