If you’ve ever experienced a migraine, you will undoubtedly know about it, and if you haven’t – count yourself very lucky. Migraine is defined by the NHS as a ‘moderate or severe headache, felt as a throbbing pain on one side of the head’, and as any migraineur knows, the experience is brutal. Migraine is…
Types of Migraine
Migraine is a complex condition – and I’m not a doctor. But below is an outline of some of the sub-sections of migraine, with attached links to the Migraine Trust for more info. Migraine without aura The most common type with 70-90% of sufferers experiencing this type of migraine. Attacks of ‘migraine without aura’ last…
Migrainey me is a monster: how to tame the beast
A migraine is a very personal thing. The age at which they start, the symptoms and frequency – all vary from person to person. The impact of migraine on daily life however, is universally agreed upon by sufferers – your day comes to a stop. With mood changes and irritability scientifically part of a typical…
Triggers
As a chronic sufferer, there is nothing more infuriating than hearing the doctor say “we just don’t know what causes migraine”. Because without a cause, how can we ever hope for a cure? It blows my mind that modern medicine is falling behind with migraine – despite 1 in 7 people in the UK recorded…
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