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What Do You Know About Migraine Headaches?

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Many households in the U.S. have someone who suffers from migraine headaches. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of migraines.

1. Who is most likely to have migraines?




2. What is a common trigger of migraines?




3. More than half of migraine sufferers have something in common. What is it?




4. Every person who has migraines has certain symptoms hours or days before the headache starts.


5. No medicines can help once a migraine has started.


6. Migraines vary. But what's one of the most identifiable symptoms of this kind of headache?




7. What's 1 type of aura that migraine sufferers have?




8. Which of these is a medicine to help prevent migraines?





Author: Sinovic, Dianna

Online Medical Reviewer: Fraser, Marianne, MSN, RN

Online Medical Reviewer: Jones, Niya, MD, MPH

Date Last Reviewed: 05/01/2023

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