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“I have chronic migraines”

Migraine is a neurological disorder. Most sufferers show no outward signs of the illness unless you encounter them during an acute attack. Migraine, especially chronic migraine, is not a simple headache, but one of the most severe pain conditions that can afflict people. Women are particularly affected. It's not just the typical, usually one-sided, stabbing, throbbing, pulsating headaches that are present – ​​the entire body is affected. Sometimes the attack begins with aura symptoms, and sufferers also experience nausea and/or vomiting, dizziness, exhaustion, sensitivity to light and noise, social isolation, and depression. Migraine is an independent primary disease and not a symptom of another illness! Sufferers are neither unwilling to work, mentally ill, nor are they seeking attention. They simply expect not to be discriminated against due to prejudice. Three sufferers describe their experience...

NDR DAS! May 31st, 6:45 PM Migraines and Headaches

https://www.youtube.com/embed/bPgzgulzIsw Saturday, May 31, 2014, 6:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1, 2014, 5:15 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. More than 70 percent of all Germans suffer from headaches; 900,000 people complain of daily migraine attacks, and 100,000 of them [...]

Kidney and painkillers

https://www.youtube.com/embed/VRsFrOT1KXA Painkillers for chronic pain should only be used under medical supervision. The NDR-Viste report shows the potential consequences of uncoordinated pain therapy. Kidney damage, persistent headaches, and psychological complications from the misuse of headache medication necessitate adequate monitoring. In specialized [...]

Medication overuse headache

Approximately 50% of patients with more than 15 headache days per month for at least 3 months have medication-overuse headache (MOH) as an additional underlying cause for the increasing frequency of headache days, in addition to their original primary headache disorder. [...]

ARD Fact 8.4.: Headaches – a common ailment

Migraines and other chronic headaches are the most common cause of pain problems in humans. In recent years, extensive studies have therefore been conducted on their impact on quality of life, loss of work capacity, the occurrence of comorbidities, and [...]