THANK YOU WEATHER!!!! From the weather channel!! As the air cools and the leaves begin to change, some people begin to experience more headaches and migraine. Thats because anytime theres a change of season — and highly variable weather — some migraine patients experience symptoms, Dr. Stewart Tepper, a professor of neurology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, told Weather. (MORE: Whats the Worst Thing About Your State?) There are two reasons why. First, about half of all migraine patients experience symptoms because of the weather, Dr. Tepper found in a 2004 study of 77 people with migraines. For some, its the temperature and humidity that makes the difference. For others, its a changing weather pattern or a change in barometric pressure, which is the weight of the air pressing against the surface of Earth. Some people believe they have sinus headaches when the weather changes, Dr. Tepper said. But thats a myth. A change in weather cant give you a sinus infection, plus headache is not usually the primary symptom of an infection. In another 2004 study, out of 3,000 patients with self-diagnosed sinus disease, only eight out of 3,000 had a sinus infection while the majority, in fact, had migraine, Dr. Tepper said. Why some people are sensitive to weather changes and others are not is unclear, he added, and theres no known way to treat or prevent weather-related symptoms specifically, beyond conventional migraine treatments. (MORE: Surprising All-Natural Foods that Might Be Fakes) Aside from seasonal weather changes, theres another reason why headache rates might spike in the fall: daylight savings time. This change in the clocks — and in turn, in an individuals circadian rhythm — triggers cluster headaches in some patients. These intense, severe, suicidal headaches strike patients at the same time of day and during the same part of the year because they are associated with a patients circadian rhythm, Dr. Tepper said. Travel through different time zones can also trigger clusters, he added. It might seem surprising that a change of just one hour could trigger a cycle of these severe and disruptive headaches, but some patients report this phenomenon year after year. As with weather-triggered migraines, theres no specific way to prevent or treat daylight savings time headaches, but patients can anticipate symptoms and have their conventional treatments ready to go.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:44:16 +0000
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