MigraineApp: The new online migraine calendar for browsers, iPhones and iPads
Professor Dr. Hartmut Göbel and the team at the Kiel Pain Clinic have developed a new interactive online headache calendar. It is designed to help migraine and headache patients monitor the progression of their headaches. Symptoms, treatment, and the effects of migraines or tension headaches can be documented precisely and in real time. This allows for more effective and targeted headache treatment.
The course of the pain condition can be continuously recorded and evaluated. Headache symptoms, such as pain intensity, character, duration, and location, can be documented. Accompanying symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to noise or light, can also be noted.
Traditional pain diaries only record symptoms. The Migraine App, however, can do much more. Progress data is analyzed online, and changes can be evaluated directly. This allows, for example, the effectiveness of a treatment to be immediately identified and tracked. This can help patients and doctors tailor and continuously optimize treatment.
If you wish, you can also grant your doctor access to your data. You can send your doctor the progress report via email. Or you can print the email report and bring it to your appointment. This allows your doctor to continuously monitor your progress. Telemedicine can thus improve your treatment. You can adjust the treatment together in a targeted manner. Since the data is encrypted and accessible from anywhere via the internet server, you can provide your doctor with an overview of your health at any time – even if you live far away or are on vacation abroad. This access is only possible for you by sending the report via email to the address you have provided. The data remains exclusively under your control.
If you need to find a headache expert in the nationwide headache treatment network near your place of residence, you can quickly find a center nearby using the Migraine App.
Knowledge is the best medicine! Important information about headaches and migraines has been additionally compiled in the headache compendium "Migraine Knowledge".
All features can also be used on the go with iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Coming soon to the iTunes App Store – the migraine app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch!
The calendar is currently in the testing phase. Suggestions and requests are very welcome.
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Good afternoon Mr. Göbel.
A very helpful app, great! However, I have frequent attacks, so it's important for me to also see the "migraine-free" days in the analysis. Currently, I transfer the data to a paper calendar; it would be fantastic if this were possible within the app.
Kind regards,
T. Hartmann
[…] the team at the Kiel Pain Clinic, together with Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel, developed the migraine app. It is designed to collect detailed data on the course of the condition, allowing patients and […]
Dear Prof. Dr. Göbel,
I think the option of keeping a migraine diary online is fantastic. There's always plenty of space for personal comments (e.g., stress from a wedding, pressure at work).
Besides medication, I also use other "aids" like sleep, relaxation exercises, and ice packs. I've found that an attack lasts much longer, even with medication, if I can't use these aids (e.g., because I'm at work).
Now I can easily note that under "Special Notes." There was never enough space in the paper migraine diaries.
Thank you very much,
Birgit Schachtschneider
[…] you don't always have a computer with you. With the potential of mobile internet, migraine attacks can be quickly, easily, and accurately documented and viewed immediately at any time using the migraine app, […]
Great suggestion, we implemented it immediately!
Hello Professor Dr. Göbel,
Yes, that's the list I mean.
Kind regards,
M. Oswald
Thank you for the suggestion. Do you mean the list in the headache diary?
Hello,
it would be more convenient if the "List entries" view were reordered. Newest entries should appear first, followed by older entries in ascending order.
Kind regards,
M. Oswald
Hello,
great idea! Unfortunately, this app is once again only available for those who can afford an iPhone. There's no app for Android devices, as usual. Too bad.
Best regards
, M. Oswald
Dear Mr. Oswald,
you can now use the app directly through your Android browser. Simply bookmark the address
http://migraine-app.schmerzklinik.de/
on your home screen. That's it – you'll have your Android application.
Kind regards
, Hartmut Göbel
Hello,
I think this is a great idea.
As an iPhone and iPad user, I'm very interested in an app.
If you still need pilot testers, I'd be happy to help. I work in IT.
Best regards
, Burkhard Pflüger