childhood migraines linked to abuse
Childhood Migraines Linked to Abuse
This story has been making its rounds for a few months and I see it is still going strong.
“Childhood maltreatment might lead to an increased probability of migraine among adults. Nevertheless, the relationship between migraine and childhood abuse is unknown in adolescents. To study the relationship, researchers enrolled 3,955 Taiwanese students, aged between 13 and 15 years, from three middle schools. Based on a standard questionnaire, the researchers diagnosed 23 percent of the teens with migraine or probable migraine. A similar percentage – 24 percent – said they had been beaten by a family member sometime in their lives.
It was found that 30 percent of teenagers who reported such abuse had migraine symptoms, versus 21 percent of non-abused teens. The more frequent the abuse, the higher the risk of migraine. Migraine was diagnosed in 28 percent of teenagers who said they had rarely been beaten, and in 38 percent of those who said they had sometimes or often been abused.”
http://doctor.ndtv.com/storypage/ndtv/id/4330/type/news/Childhood_maltreatment_linked_to_migraine.html
Part of me likes stories like this because at least research is being done, but yet I feel on many levels this is a throw back to earlier ideas of migraines as a psychological conditions. I can’t help but wonder if stress could be the link in this case…anyhow, what do you think? Do you worry people will now assume you have been abused?
