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In Their Own Words: Moving Beyond Migraine
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In Their Own Words: Moving Beyond Migraine
In Their Own Words: Moving Beyond Migraine
A Day in the Life of Migraine
Tracing the Roots of Your Migraine Family Tree
When Pain Comes Between Us
Breaking the Silence of Migraine
Has Migraine Met Its Match? The Latest in Treatment
Things Your Friends With Migraine Wish You'd Stop Doing
Do You and Your Doctor See Eye to Eye?
What If One Strikes When You’re Out and About?
When One Knocks You Out at Work
How to Pamper Someone Who's Having a Migraine
When Your Child’s Head Throbs
Need a New Approach?
Why Migraines Are a Pain
MIGRAINES:
The Damage They Inflict
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1 in 4 households
in the U.S. has someone with migraine.
4 million adults
have migraine pain at least 15 days a month.
More than 1 million
Americans visit ERs in the U.S. each year
for migraine pain.
3
5
7
9
out of 10 people
can't do their daily tasks when
they have a migraine.
Migraines cost the U.S. more than
each year in medical expenses,
missed work, and productivity losses.
Most migraines last between
4 and 72 hours.
About 90% of people
with migraines have a family history of it.
About
0
million
women in the U.S. have migraines.
Migraine Auras
– Symptoms that come before the pain –
may make strokes slightly more likely, especially in...
Women of childbearing age...
Women who smoke...
Women who take birth control pills.
