Suffering from headaches or migraines? Childhood trauma could be causing them
A new study found people who experienced one or more traumatic events during childhood were 48% more likely to develop headache disorders as an adult.
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A new study found people who experienced one or more traumatic events during childhood were 48% more likely to develop headache disorders as an adult.
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martin-dm/Getty Images Of all the aches and pains I spend my days investigating as a family doctor, none seem to be as anxiety-provoking as a headache. And that's often true, both for patients wondering, "Could this be something dangerous?" and for clinicians trying to get to the root of pain that can be totally unexplained and yet completely debilitating. Concerns about headaches in my practice have picked up over the past year as we've seen them as a symptom in acute COVID-19 infections and among long-haulers — and more recently when news broke about the (very, very few) brai...
Originally published on May 5, 2021 10:53 am Of all the aches and pains I spend my days investigating as a family doctor, none seem to be as anxiety-provoking as a headache. And that's often true, both for patients wondering, "Could this be something dangerous?" and for clinicians trying to get to the root of pain that can be totally unexplained and yet completely debilitating. Concerns about headaches in my practice have picked up over the past year as we've seen them as a symptom in acute COVID-19 infections and among long-haulers — and more recently when news broke about the (very, ver...