Migraine Headache - Myth vs Facts

January 7, 2018

There is a good deal of misinformation available about migraine headaches. Which of these 10 statements are myth and which are fact?

There is a good deal of misinformation available about migraine headaches--among patients and health care providers alike.

Above are 10 statements that are either a widely held myth about migraine or a fact about the headache and its related manifestations.

See what you know about the syndrome as well as what some of your headache patients may believe about their condition.

Sources:

Burch RC, Loder S, Loder E, Smitherman TA. The prevalence and burden of migraine and severe headache in the United States: updated statistics from government health surveillance studies. Headache. 2015;55:21-34. doi: 10.1111/head.12482.

Carson L, Lewis D, Tsou M, et al. Abdominal migraine: an under-diagnosed cause of recurrent abdominal pain in children. Headache. 2011;51707-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01855.x. Epub 2011 Mar 11.

NIH Medline Plus. What is migraine? Fall 2015. Accessed January 2, 2018.

WÃ¶ber-BingÃ¶l C. Epidemiology of migraine and headache in children and adolescents. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2013;17:341. doi: 10.1007/s11916-013-0341-z.

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