Did You Know?
- Migraine and Headache Disorders happen to people just like you. Chances are you know someone with Migraine of Headache Disorder of live with it yourself.
- Migraine is not just a headache. Patients must deal with nausea, neck pain, light, sound and touch sensitivity and head pain. But some people experience Migraine attacks with NO head pain.
- Approximately 37 million Americans live with Migraine Disease. About 14 million Americans live with a form of chronic headache, such as Chronic Migraine.
- Migraine is the the seventh leading cause of disability globally.
- There is NO CURE for Migraine, Cluster Headaches of any other Headache Disorder.
- 75% of people with Migraine are women of child bearing age.
- Migraine is associated with an increase risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
- Nearly half of all people living with Migraine have never been diagnosed by a doctor and are not receiving treatment for the condition.
- Migraine causes more lost years of healthy life in the U.S. than multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, ovarian cancer and tuberculosis combined.
- We need more public funding allocated to research Migraine and Headache Disorder.
Source: American Headache & Migraine Association
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