♪♪ >>> JUNE IS NATIONAL MIGRAINE AND HEADACHE AWARENESS MONTH. DID YOU KNOW 1 IN 4 AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO DEALS WITH MIGRAINES? BUT FEWER THAN 5% ACTUALLY SEEK HELP. TODAY'S CHECKLIST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNS, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENTS. DO THAT, WE BROUGHT IN AN EXPERT, DOCTOR OF CLINICAL. DOCTOR, THANK YOU. >> MY WIFE HAS SUFFERED WITH MIGRAINES FOR YEARS. >> BEFORE YOU GUYS GOT MARRIED -- >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. PROBABLY AFTER. FOR FOLKS, WHO DON'T KNOW, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A REALLY BAD HEADACHE AND A MIGRAINE? >> MIGRAINES SEEM TO BE WORSE THAN BAD HEADACHES. MIGRAINES RECUR OVER TIME. HEADACHES YOU CAN GET FROM STRESS AND TENSION, BUT MIGRAINE HEADACHES YOU HAVE THE TENSE TENDENCY OVER TIME. PEOPLE GET FOGGY AROUND MIGRAINES. SOMETIMES, THEY GET FLASHES OF LIGHT. SOMETIMES, THEY FEEL NAUSEOUS. A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO TELL BETWEEN A REGULAR HEADACHE AND A MIGRAINE. >> AND SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT AS WELL. >> LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, LIKE CRAIG WAS SAYING WLORNDING WHETHER A HEADACHE OR MIGRAINE. CRAIG JUST MENTIONED LIGHT SENSITIVITY. >>LE YES, THERE'S NAUSEA, VOMITING AND COGNITIVE PROBLEMS. PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE THINKING. SOMETIMES, IT HAPPENS BEFORE AND AFTER THE ACTUAL HEADACHE, SO YOU GET AFFECTED FOR MUCH MORE TIME THAN THE ACTUAL TIME OF THE PAIN. PEOPLE CAN HAVE -- AND WOMEN, ESPECIALLY ARE MORE PRONE TO MAKES AND MIGRAINES. AND USUALLY STARTS AROUND THE TIME OF YOUR PERIOD, WHEN YOU START TO MENSTRUATE AND RUNNY NOSE, ET CETERA. >> WHAT TREATMENTS TO MITIGATE THE MIGRAINE? AND ARE THERE PREVENTIVE MEDICINES OUT THERE? >> YEAH, I FEEL LIKE MIGRAINE IS A GREAT WAY TO GET YOUR LIFE IN ORDER. YOU GOT TO SLEEP WELL. YOU GOT TO EAT WELL. AND THERE'S LOTS OF MEDICATIONS TO USE. MEDICATIONS, BOTOX, ACTUALLY, AND IT GETS COVERED BY YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE WHICH IS FANTASTIC. PREVENTS ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATIONS, AND ANTI-DEPRESSANTS AND NEW CLASS OF DRUGS CRPG ANTAGONISTS WHICH ARE HELPFUL OR TYLENOL OR EXCEDRIN. YOU CAN DO DRUGS, OTC DRUGS OR TRIPTANS. SHOT OR MOUTH OR NASAL. DIFFERENT WAYS TO TAKE THEM. >> LET'S SAY, DOCTOR, YOU'RE PRONE TO MIGRAINES BUT YOU DON'T WANT A REGIMENT OF MEDICATION, WHAT CAN YOU DO? >> AS I SAID CLEAN LIVING, SLEEP A LOT. TRY NOT TO WEAR HEELS AND ALL OF THAT. >> REALLY? >> BECAUSE IT CHANGES YOUR LUMBAR AND YOUR NEXT CURVATURE AND CAUSES STRESS ON YOUR NECK MUSCLE. EATING WELL, EAT THREE TIMES A DAY. AVOID MIGRAINE TRIGGERS. FOR SOME PEOPLE, SADLY, IT'S CHOCOLATE. >> OKAY. >> THINGS LIKE CERTAIN KINDS OF WINES. >> DOES CAFFEINE HAVE IT? >> CAFFEINE SOMETIMES HELPS MIGRAINES AND SOMETIMES HURTS. >> DOES IT HELP TO KEEP A DIARY? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THE GOOD THING, MIGRAINES CAN BE TREATED. WE HAVE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS.
