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Migraine headaches are particularly severe "sick headaches" that affect 18% of women and 6% of men in the US; 23% of women and 9% of men in Canada. The peak age for migraines is 35-45.  Migraine can be a severe and disabling illness. To make a complicated problem simpler, we assume that the triggers for two thirds of migraine headaches come through the mouth. Dating, singles, dating sevice, online dating, photo personals.

There are two common patterns of  headache:

1. Tension headaches
2. Migraine headaches

Tension headaches or generalized head-pain, associated with increased neck, scalp, and facial muscle tone and tenderness. The muscle tension and soreness associated with these headaches is an effect of the underlying biochemical cause of the pain and not a cause of it. Many patients have mixed headache patterns, with common or "tension" headaches occurring more often than their sick, migraine headaches.

Features:

• Severe throbbing head pain often on one side.
• Associated with nausea and sometimes vomiting
• Light sensitivity (photophobia)
• Odor sensitivity (osmophobia)

 According to Family Practice ( Jan 12 1998;36) fewer than half of migraine suffers seek help from their physicians. In Canada, it is estimated that 27 of 100 lost work days is due to migraine headaches at an annual cost of $500 million per year.

Migraines can begin in children and affect females more than males. The average age of onset is 20 and most people have 15 to 20 years of headaches before they disappear. New headaches starting after the age of 45 should not be considered migraine until all other causes have been ruled out. Some women have "premenstrual migraine" and only experience headaches days before and during their periods.