Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers published in the journal Neurology yesterday that migraines and other types of headaches can be related to temperature and weather. Looking at seven years of emergency room data, researchers found a correlation between onset of headache and higher mean ambient temperature during the 24 hours before coming to the ER. Also, low barometric pressure (often related to storms) 48 to 72 hours prior to emergency room visits was also linked to increased risk of headache.
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Tags: ER, headache, migraine, temperature, weather
Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
March 11th, 2009 at 5:21 am
have they tried to investigate also the relationship of migraine headaches with sinusites and other related ENT problems
March 11th, 2009 at 6:30 am
I’ve know for years that my migraines were caused by low pressure systems moving in.
March 11th, 2009 at 11:52 am
I suffered for a long time with migrains. ESpecially when I lived in Florida. Finally got a diagnosis of weather related migrains. Now when a storm is coming I take an Aleave and no headache. It is quite less since I moved to the northeast but I rarely get them because I get to them before it happens. If you know whats causing them it’s easy to control them.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Anyone with migraine could have told you this, if anybody had just asked them!!