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Healthcare professionals
Do your patients know what their migraine triggers are?
Migraine affects up to 15% of the UK population and around two thirds of sufferers are women. Migraine is believed to be caused by the release of a chemical called serotonin or 5HT into the bloodstream from its storage sites in the body, resulting in changes in the neurotransmitters and blood vessels in the brain. Exactly what causes this to happen, is still a subject for research and debate. However, certain factors have been identified which can trigger attacks in susceptible people:
- Emotional stress
- Physical stress
- Diet/food
- Environmental
- Hormones
- Other triggers
Helping you to help your patients
Migraine Action aims to bridge the gap between the migraineur and the medical world by providing unbiased information on all aspects of migraine, its causes, diagnosis and treatment.
Here are just a few of the ways the Migraine Action can help your patients:
- Help to identify trigger factors and recognise early warning signs
- Provide information on treatment - both the tried and tested, and the very latest developments in conventional and complementary medicine to enable migraineurs to make an informed choice on ways to bring their condition under control
- Keep you informed about the latest research
- Encourage the opening of specialist migraine clinics and support their work
- Eliminate that feeling of isolation, that no-one understands, by providing information and support, and keeping your patients in touch with other migraineurs
- Promote and support research
- Continue to raise awareness of the condition to create better understanding, especially among non-sufferers
Click on the links above for further information