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Migraines and Headaches

Headache disorders are painful, disabling and can damage the quality of your life. Migraine attacks can cause significant pain for hours to days, but you may find relief with certain lifestyle changes and by avoiding specific triggers.

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Headache and Migraine Facts and Stats

Headache, one of the most common disorders of the nervous system, includes migraine, tension headache, cluster headache and medication-overuse headache. Here’s what you need to know.

  • Experts estimate that half of the adult population experienced a headache at least once in the past year; among those people, 30 percent reported a migraine headache.
  • Between 1 and 2 percent of the world’s adult population experience headaches with alarming frequency—15 or more days every month.
  • Migraine headaches often begin at puberty and mostly affect those between the ages of 35 and 45.
  • Migraine is the eighth most disabling disorder in the world, costing American employers more than $13 billion each year as a result of lost work days.

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Headaches could be a clue that your child needs glasses. Sutter care centers provide comprehensive pediatric vision care.

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Ling Xu

Ling Xu, M.D.

Eden Medical Center

Now that I'm 50+, I've been getting severe headaches with my periods, and it also seems like my nasal allergy symptoms are worse at those times. Is this just a coincidence, or is this associated with perimenopause?

Yes. Your symptoms could well be associated with perimenopause. The World Health Organization has defined perimenopause as the time period 2 to 8 years prior to menopause as well as the year after cessation of ... continue reading  about  Now that I'm 50+, I've been getting severe headaches with my periods, and it also seems like my nasal allergy symptoms are worse at those times. Is this just a coincidence, or is this associated with perimenopause?

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10 Simple Stress Strategies

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Stress is a common source of headaches. Try these 10 simple ways to cope with stress.

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Sutter care centers offer advanced care for headaches and migraines, including neurodiagnostic tests and the latest in treatment options.

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