Migraine Help

Approximately 10% of people around the world live with migraine [1]. Many individuals who live with migraine know how debilitating this brain disease can be. If left untreated, migraine attacks can put life on pause for several days at a time.
The good news is that there is help for migraine. Treatment is available for different types of migraine, as well as for each of the migraine phases. Nerivio is a drug-free treatment for migraine relief that lets you take control of your migraine management and helps you manage your pain.

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Migraine and Women’s Health

Studies show that women are nearly 3x more likely to experience migraine than men [2]. One reason is that women experience fluctuations in hormones, specifically in estrogen, during menstruation, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and menopause.
For many women, these changes in hormonal levels can trigger migraine attacks with painful headaches and other symptoms. Although women are more likely to experience migraine, an effective treatment plan can ease or eliminate symptoms in both sexes.

Women’s Health

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Migraine Help for Teens & Parents

Migraine can be a debilitating condition that affects both parents and teenagers. For parents, it can be distressing to watch their child experience severe headaches, nausea, and other symptoms. It can also be challenging to manage their child’s condition while juggling other responsibilities. There are several things parents can do to help their child manage migraine including creating a migraine diary, identifying triggers, and seeking medical help.
For teenagers, migraine can be a particularly challenging condition to manage. It can affect their school attendance, social life, and mental health. Teenagers may feel isolated and misunderstood, especially if their peers do not understand the impact of migraine. However, there are resources available to help teenagers cope with migraine.

Help for Teens & Parents

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Tracking Migraine Phases

Understanding and tracking migraine phases are the first steps to finding the best treatment plan [3]. Since everyone experiences migraine differently, recognizing how symptoms and phases affect you personally makes a difference in treatment. After uncovering patterns in migraine attacks, a medical professional can build a plan to treat them in their early phases, potentially avoiding painful headaches and hangovers.
A headache diary can help track and manage the details of migraine attacks. Keeping a diary or journal of symptoms and patterns on paper or with the free Nerivio app, you can share those details with your doctor. Information about your symptoms, how long they last, how severe they are, and what treatments work for you will help your doctor provide a more customized treatment plan.

Tracking Migraine Phases

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Four Phases of a Migraine Attack

The phases of a migraine include:

Not everyone experiences all four phases listed above [4].

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Types of Migraine Attacks

Migraine attacks affect everyone differently, and many will fall into one of the following types. Each type of migraine has unique symptoms that affect your body differently. Working with your doctor to identify the symptoms you experience and the type of migraine you have will ensure you get an effective, customized treatment plan [6].

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Other Types of Headache that are not Migraine

Tension Headache

Very common type of headache, typically in both sides of the head, with a feeling of pressing or tightening in the head, mild to moderate intensity, lasting minutes to days [7]. The head pain does not worsen with routine physical activity and is not associated with nausea, although sensitivity to light or sound may be present. People may experience both tension headache and migraine.

Cluster Headache

Rare but intense. Symptoms include sudden, sharp head pain and possible swelling of an eye, runny nose, restlessness, excessive tearing, and sweating. Cluster headaches may appear again the same day and happen again periodically [8].

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