• Migraine is a common disorder that affects up to 12 percent of the general population.
• It is more frequent in women than men: up to 18 percent of women and 8 percent of men each year
• Migraine without aura is the most common type, approximately 75 percent of cases
• Most common in ages 30 to 39
• Although not fatal, it is a major cause of disability: ranked #2 worldwide (after low back pain) among all diseases with respect to life lived with disability
• In a retrospective study of 1,750 patients, approx. 75 percent reported at least one trigger, which included:
● Emotional stress (80 percent)
● Hormones in women (65 percent)
● Not eating (57 percent)
● Weather (53 percent)
● Sleep disturbances (50 percent)
● Odors (44 percent)
● Neck pain (38 percent)
● Lights (38 percent)
● Alcohol (38 percent)
● Smoking (36 percent)
● Sleeping late (32 percent)
● Heat (30 percent)
● Food (27 percent)
● Exercise (22 percent)
● Sexual activity (5 percent)
—Alice N.S. Wong, NP
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/pathophysiology-clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis-of-migraine-in-adults