Not just a headache

MIGRAINS UK POPULATION 63MILLION 18% FEMALE 8% HOW BAD IS IT REALLY?? Migraine is the least publicly funded of all neurological illnesses relative to its economic impact (Shapiro & Goadsby, Cephalalgia, September 2007) Migraine is amongst the three 12 most prevalent health conditions 15 MINS TO 9 1/2 HOURS 2 HRS TO FEW DAYS worldwide, along with anaemia and hearing loss AURA HEADACHE flashing lights (kaleidoscope effect) blind spots diffficulty focusing appearance of looking through a broken mirror pins and needles difficulty with speech coordination usually begins above the eye typically affects one side of the head sensitive to light, sound & smells throbbing/pulsating worse through physical movement light-headed (The global burden of disease: 2004 update, World Health Organization) higra sta aine stages SMOKE igra BRIGHT LIGHTS nausea nausea vomiting sta vomiting LOUD NOISES migraine higraine migraine stages TV/COMPUTERS CLIMATE CHANGES STUFFY ATMOSPHERES stages graine stages nigraine PRODROMAL stages RESOLUTION Extreme tiredness Sluggishness Confusion Food Intolerance Head pain that flares up when you lean over, move quickly, or experience a rush of blood to the head Impaired concentration Scalp tenderness STRONG SMELLS altered perception to temperature frequent yawning mood swings euphoria/irritability appetite increase/loss energy levels behaviour constipation / diarrohea aches / pain 12 migne HOURS/DAYS 4 PRIOR TO MIGRAINE aine es ATTACK migrair 12 POSTDROMAL Hangover Feeling Oppositie symptoms to Promdromal - if you lost your appetite you might feél extremely hungry UPTO 48 HOURS 05 ANXIETY HQURS TO DAYS ENVIRONMENTAL DEPRESSION EXCITEMENT STRESS TENSION SHOCK LACK OF SLEEP FATIGUE BAD POSTURE TENSION HORMONES LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL 25 million days LOST every year from work or school EMOTIONAL (Steiner et al, Cephalalgia, 2003) 85 headache 36% hangover sensation vision black spots or kaleidoscope pattern bowling bll rolling backwards ănd forwards PHYSICAL 80 sensitivity to sounds & lights overall tightness generalised malaise aching sensation in lower back nauseau 73% vomiting pins and needles 29 % MEDICINAL sensation of having been sat on your arm and leg for several hours Equal to £2.25 Billion being lost (Steiner et al, Cephalalgia, 2003) DIET weakness numbness falling banging into objects HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE Aura Phase feeling of a dead leg paralysis to lower limb difficulty in walking SLEEPING PILLS OVERUSE OF Aura Phase Extended PAIN KILLERS Headache Phase Postdromal Phase DIETING ALCOHOL IRREGULAR MEALS TYRAMINE CAFFEINE CHOCOLATE CITRUS FOODS CHEESE 0.01% suffer from hemiplegic migraine thats 800 people in the UK 190,000 migraine attacks every day Severe migraine attacks are classified by the World Health Organisation as among the most disabling illnesses, comparable to dementia, quadriplegia and active psychosis (Steiner et al, Cephalalgia, 2003) (SHAPIRO & GOADSBY, CEPHALALGIA, SEPTEMBER 2007) FOCUS OF HEADACHE PAIN 59 pain on one side Data taken from The Migraine Trust website: Anon. (2012). Facts and Figures about Migraine. Available: http://www.migrainetrust.org/factsheet-facts-and-figures-about-migraine-10860. Last accessed June 2013.