New York, NY – Researchers found migraine sufferers were twice as likely as others to have heart attacks.
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The researchers at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University also found those with migraines — pulsing or throbbing pain usually on one side of the head — faced a greater risk for stroke than those without migraines. In addition, migraine sufferers were more likely to have key risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
The researchers found a three-fold greater heart-attack risk in those whose migraines were accompanied by aura — additional neurological symptoms such as flashing lights.
The study, published in Neurology, suggests migraine patients may not suffer from an isolated disorder and may need to be treated for cardiovascular risks.
“Migraine has been viewed as a painful condition that affects quality of life, but not as a threat to people’s overall health,” study senior author Dr. Richard B. Lipton said in a statement.
Lipton and colleagues asked 6,102 people with migraine and 5,243 people without migraine to complete questionnaires as part of The American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study — a longitudinal, population-based study of U.S. headache sufferers.
This is bad news for me!
migranes are all in your mind no pun attented
google dr sarno and go to rabbi katz from bp
they helped with my migranes
all from stresss!!!
#1 you sound really depressed– get a life,
There is one positive aspect to migraines (I’ve had them for 30 years).
As one ages, the migraines lessen in severity and frequency.
Most people complain about the onset of middle-age issues, whereas, I am grateful to be incapacitated less than I used to be.
It all has to do with one’s perspective.
In fact, Rabbi Reisman SHLIT”O said something about this recently in one of his Moitzo’ei Shabbos Shiurim. Two people weigh themselves and both weigh 200 pounds. One is happy, the other is sad. The happy person has just lost 20 pounds and feels accomplished. The other person just gained 20 pounds and now has to diet seriously.
I don’t buy it. I’m a migraine sufferer. It is not (at least my case) related to cardiac in any way. I get it from straining my “EYES” ie: Binocular, Sudden light, etc. A quality of life issue is an understatement. It’s a stroke with no after effects B”H, My experience is terrifying, since I was able to pinpoint the cause I try to avoid any triggers. Hope this info might help another migraine victim.
took this as a challenge, although I know the physiological reasons behind Migraine. But I wanted to see what an MD had to say about Migraines and the link to our minds.
Sarno calls his theory Tension Myositis Syndrome (page xii), a painful but harmless change of state in muscles. “This book is about emotions, illness and wellness, how they are related and what one can do to enhance good health and combat certain physical conditions,” writes Sarno. He states that physical pain, anxiety and depression manifest from repressed rage and anger.
Sarno attributes many physical maladies to his TMS theory. These include most low back pain and leg pain; most neck, shoulder and arm pain; fibromyalgia; carpal tunnel syndrome; gastrointestinal disorders, skin disorders and Migraine. Sarno diagnoses his patients with TMS when, upon normal physical exam, no abnormalities are found (page 30). Even if he finds an abnormality, he states that the pain is usually out of proportion to the abnormality found, thus the abnormality is not the cause of pain.
The pathophysiology of TMS is as follows:
Repressed unconscious emotions (rage)
abnormal autonomic activity
reduction of local circulation of bl
I was diagnosed with migraines. I suffered for about four years. I then found out that I had severe sleep apnea. Since I have been treating the apnea with a cpap machine, the migraine-like headaches have stopped. I wonder if this study properly identified migraine sufferers. We all know that apnea can lead to heart attacks. But tyhe outcome of this study is also sensible. Migraines have something to do with constricted blood vessels. If someone has a constricted blood vessel in his head, he is probably more likely to have it elsewhere. He will be more susceptible to plaque buildups and heart attacks. I would also assume he would be more likely to get a stroke.
As an aside, I know of Dr. Lipton. I would not put too much stock in his studies.
I have been having pounding migraines for over 3 years, constantly taking advil ,tylenol ,motrin ….. I was drugging myself out , until a friend recommended I try Monavie juice w/ 19 fruits . Amazing results , my wife started using it as well . We were both impressed with the natural fruits and delicious taste it contains. Actually I just heard that the Tosher Rebbe recommended it for some people. The daily investment of fresh organic fruits truly paid off for us . We recommend it as daily antioxidants to fight the free radicals . Contact me and try it for yourself to feel a major improvement in your health….
To all of you who have found “miraculous” cures through therapy, meditation,herbal treatments and fruit drinks, you have then never truly suffered a migrain. I have been living with migraines for over a decade, and have tried EVERY single alternative treatment to no avail. A true migraine is a condition aleved only by medication under doctor’s care. No “mind over matter” therapy or fruit smoothie can take away the severe pain, and loss of life caused by a true migraine, and insinuation of such is simply insulting to the sufferer.
Many woman including myself, suffer from excruciating migraine headaches before or during menstruation. I find that if I take excedrin migraine at the first sign of the headache coming on I can get the pounding pain under control.