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Monday, October, 19, 2009

Illnesses That Can Cause Migraine Headaches

Study: Migraine sufferers often undiagnosed

October 03, 2008
The largest study of migraine sufferers ever done found that about 52 percent of people who have migraine symptoms are not diagnosed or treated for the illness. In addition, migraine headaches are often misdiagnosed as sinus or tension headaches. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Poetry Contest Winners Announced
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...Since Migraines and headaches are both chronic pain illnesses and so often accompany other... Read more »

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Back to School: Info on Migraines, Headaches, and MUCH More
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

...AND their parents: When your child has a chronic illness, whether it's headaches, Migraines, or... Read more »

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2008 Migraine and Headache Poetry Contest
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...they also frequently accompany other chronic pain illnesses like fibromyalgia.  Do you have... Read more »

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Back To School With Migraines or Headaches
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

...details to deal with.When your child has a chronic illness, whether it's headaches, Migraines,... Read more »

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New Migraine and Headache Info on MMC, 10/12/09
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

Hello, everyone! For those of you who are super busy or don't feel well enough to look around ... Read more »

Health Guide

Migraine and Headache Education for those who Don't Get it
In our forum, our members' SharePosts, and my email correspondence with Migraineurs, there is a very distressing recurring problem being brought to my attention. The problem is that entirely too... Read more »
Migraine and Headache Treatment: How It Should Be
...think about it that makes sense. Neurologists and pain management specialists treat a wide range of illnesses, diseases, and injuries. It would be virtually impossible for them to stay ... Read more »
Emergency Migraine and Headache Care: Forms To Help
...Migraines. Then there's the problem created by people who go to the ER or urgent care facility and fake an illness to obtain medications, usually opioids, for the "high." The two conditions most... Read more »
Dehydration: Migraine and Headache Trigger
The human body is 65% water. Simply put, dehydration occurs as the result of excessive loss of water from the body, when we lose more water than we take in. It's a bit more complicated than that... Read more »
You Can Heal Your Life: Review
...opportunity for editing and updating. Look up the "mental cause?!" Head pain disorders are not the only illnesses/diseases where Hay expresses herself similarly, further dismaying me. She has... Read more »

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Pain of Cluster Headaches - Image

Learn the main locations of pain due to cluster headaches in this easy to follow diagram.... Read more »

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Poor sleep may cause migraines
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It may seem to migraine and headache sufferers that the pain interferes with how well they sleep. Recent studies, however, have found that getting a... Read summary »

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This is a study to evaluate the effects of different doses of Maxalt in people with migraine headaches. This national study is currently recruiting... Read summary »

Midlife Migraines Linked to Lesions
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Clinical trial: Occipital nerve stimulation for treating chronic migraines
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This is a study to gather data about the use of occipital nerve stimulation for the treatment of chronic migraine headache. This national study is... Read summary »