Yesterday, Burlington FreePress.com published a piece by our very own Bob Shapiro. It began:
"It's just a headache."
That's the dismissive refrain that migraine sufferers often hear from employers, family members and even doctors. Since nearly everyone experiences occasional mild headaches, it's easy enough to assume that migraine attacks are 'just a headache' too. But they aren't. Aside from prolonged pain, migraine attacks may include myriad other symptoms such as distorted perception, clouded thinking, nausea, sinus congestion or vertigo. The World Health Organization (WHO) has assessed that severe migraine attacks can be as disabling as advanced dementia or acute paralysis. And as bad as migraine can be, some other headache disorders are worse. For instance, cluster headache attacks are widely considered to be the most severe pain that can be experienced. Period.
I think you'll find the article well written and interesting and hope you'll take a few minutes to go read My Turn: Migraines remain underappreciated disorder," by Robert E. Shapiro.
Teri Robert
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