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2006! #Psychologists "predicted" #anxiety & "catastrophizing" would "predict the presence & intensity of persistent #headache, as well as other non-pain physical symptoms of headache." HA+nonpain=#migraine. If headache has non-pain symptoms, it's #migraine webmd.com/migraines-head…
✔️ FACT "Researchers believe that #migraine is the result of fundamental neurological abnormalities caused by genetic mutations at work in the brain." New models help scientists study "the biological cascade, genetic components & mechanisms of migraine." ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-…
Participants in the 2006 study got 1 #anxiety or #castrophizing point per #migraine symptom: light/sound sensitivity; nausea; visual disturbance; speech difficulty; 1-sided weakness, numbness, tingling.
✔️ These are all standard migraine symptoms (& just the START of the fun).
✔️ These are all standard migraine symptoms (& just the START of the fun).
As a public service, @headsUPmigraine is field-testing an @NHF article on #hemiplegic migraine!
❌ "Individuals with hemiplegic #migraine may have attacks frequently (once a week) or very infrequently (once a year)."
✔️ You can have this kind of fun ALL WEEK LONG!
❌ "Individuals with hemiplegic #migraine may have attacks frequently (once a week) or very infrequently (once a year)."
✔️ You can have this kind of fun ALL WEEK LONG!
✔️ "Notably, some...w/ hemiplegic migraine have unsteadiness or imbalance that isn’t just limited to their attacks of #migraine. In these individuals, incoordination/ imbalance progresses slowly over time and can be a permanent symptom."
❌ "fully reversible" HM @ihs_official
❌ "fully reversible" HM @ihs_official
.@ihs_official I wish you were right that HM has "fully reversible motor weakness." I'm a 42-yr HM vet (50 yr daily CM). I've been homebound 15 yrs.
Tip to other rural HMers: a wheelbarrow is an excellent wheelchair replacement on grass but you need a St. Husband to drive you.
Tip to other rural HMers: a wheelbarrow is an excellent wheelchair replacement on grass but you need a St. Husband to drive you.
