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National Headache Fundation

HEADACHES National Headache Foundation (www.headaches.org) 435 Tension Headaches Approximately 78% of adults cxperience a ten sion-type headache at some point in thcir lives. There appears to be a slightly higher provalence of this type of headache among women and more women than men seck trcatmcnt. Migraine Headaches More than just a "bad hcadache," migrainc pain and associated symptoms affect 28 million Americans, quivalant to .. of the population, 13% and onc in cvery four U.S. houscholds has a migrainc suffercr. Attacks can last anywhere from four to 72 hours. Less than onc-third of sufferers experience what is known as "aura." 4 72 1/3 Migraine afflicts both women and men, although throc times more women cxpericnce t. Peak prevalence for migraine i beluea is betwoen →→ 20-45 years old for both gen ders. Migraine is often hereditary. Onsct can ocur in childhood. If both parents have them, tharc is a 75 parcant chance thair chldren will have them; when only one parent is a migraine sufferer, there is a 50 percent chance the child will be afflicted. If even a distant rdative has migraine headaches, a 20 parcent chance exists that any offspring will be prone to migraine headaches. In persons under agc 40, the most common associated factor for strókc is migrainc headache. However, over the course of a person's normal life span, the occurrence of migrainc headache may actually be associated with a reduced risk of dying from cercbrovascular discase duc to stroke. Cluster Headaches There are an estimated one 10% female e 90% male million cluster headache sufferers in the United States; about 90 percent of the sufferers arc malc The pain is of short duration, generally 30 to 45 minutes. Hozvcver, the headache may last anyzwhere from a few minutes to scveral hours and zwill disappear only to recur latcr that day. Most sufferers get onc to four headaches per day during a cluster period. About 20% of cluster sufferers' attacks arc chronic, occurring throughout the year, thus making the control of these headaches more difficult. Among school age children ages 5-17 in the U.S., 20% (10.3 million), are dealing with chronic headaches. Approximately 15% of these kids experience ten sion-type headaches and 5% are coping with migraines 20% A ferw headache suffercrs who havc achicved tremendous success: Scottie Pippen professional basketball playor Michelle Akers Team USA TWomen's Soccer Terrell Davis professional football player Fred Couples PGA golfer Jennie Garth Kareem Abdul Jabbar for mer professional basketball player actress Susan Olsen the actress who playod Cindy Brady Joe Girardi professional baseball player Headache Care Center (www.headachecare.com) Hoadache Hcadache is one of the most common symptoms of individ uats secking medic al care, ac c ounting for alımo st 10 million outpaticnt visits per year in the Ünited States. 10%ea nillion /year Problam hcad aches such as migrainc, arc much less common but affect approximately 12 to 15% of Ancricans. Statistics indicate that women aie threc tùnes more likely to suffer from migraine than are men. Hozwever, among chld ren, there is an equal ratio of ginls to boys with migraing, suggesting that hormo nes may significantly pred ispo se women to migraine. The Center for Disease Control estimates than 1 in 11 adults have problem headaches and that the occurrence of disabling headaches has increased over 60% through the last 10 years. Rescarch estimates that the werage cost of health care for a migrainc sufferer The total direct cost for the 12 million migrainčurs in the United Štates would be was $817 $10 MILLION per year. Indirçct costs include the loss of productivity and functioning at a less than optimal level duc to migraine. There are approxim atcly Indirect costs- 150 million work days lost every year and 329,000 school days lost per month duc to migraine. In terms of loss of work officiency, migraincurs recorded in headache diarics that they functioned at 50% or less of their capabilitics during 6 days cach month. Because of missed promotions duc to thcir absentecism or productivity record, migraincurs lost income ranging from $6,800 for men $3,600 for women In addition, headache sufferers who take medication to treat the pain or to prevent headaches may havc morc accidents, make more errors or miştakes, and over time may experience personal problems. In the long run, morale may suffer. The indirect cost of migraine ranges from $6 to $17 billion per year. Only 1 out of 25,000 acute headaches is a symptom of a serious underl ying disorder. Mc Kinley Health Center (www.mckinley.uiuc.edu) 20 million Americans see their doctors each year because of a headache. Hdp for Headaches (www.headache-help.org) In Canada, absence from work due to migraine costs busincssas on the ordar or $500 million por your. 8 88 In Ontario, the avernge overall annual coșt duc to migraine is estimatod to be $3,025 por pationt, mostly duc to loss of workdays or reduced productivity during a workday duc to migraina 10% 28% Approxinatdy 2.6 million adult Çanadian wómen and just fewa than one million adult men suffer from migraine, but only half we likdy to have been adequately diagn osed by a doctor despitc excellent access to healthc are and prescription matic ations As well, approximately 10% of children and 28% of adolescents have migraine headaches. It has been shown that children with migraiņe experience a similar quality of life as children with arthritis or 'cancer. World Headache Alliance (www.w-h-a.com) According to the reults of the Canadian National Population Health survey from 1996-1997, more than 0.5 MILLION and 3.2 MILLION (adult) in Canada have been dingnosed with migraine. Only half of them report using medic ation or therapy to treat their migraines. Cred its: Lo vem ipsum dolor sit amet, consactetur adipiscing dit. Nulla nisi ens, tho ncus eget rho neus eget, ve nenat is a lectus. Niella vitne tdlus tdlus, at au ctor lactus. Testi bulum incul is venenatis mulla auctor phawetra. Cumbitur au gue purus bibendum at vest ibulum quis, ultricies in san. In a ligula sad de i ultric ies aligunm. Nam aget ante malesunda est porta posuere ultrices sit amet ante

National Headache Fundation

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Since 1971, our mission at the National Headache Foundation has been to further awareness of headache and migraine as legitimate neurobiological diseases. Much has changed during this time, and with a...

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