Family history plays a role in migraine, but due to misdiagnoses, the connection isn't always obvious. In this video, Emily Rubenstein Engel, MD, of the Dalessio Headache Center Scripps Clinic, discusses heredity and migraines.
Yes, typically migraines are hereditary, almost always there is a family history. Sometimes it's difficult to extract the history because by mum or dad or sister have been told that they have sinus headache but if you can extract history of headache in another family member, it's further reassuring that what you're dealing with is migraines because it is typically inherited..
A migraine is no ordinary headache, and migraines affect more than 1 in 8 American adults. Get expert information about migraine triggers and treatment, including how smart nutrition and watching the weather can help prevent the pain.
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