Migraine headaches can cause debilitating pain resulting in days missed from work or school and overall decreased quality of life. Of all types of migraines, those associated with menstruation tend to be the longest-lasting, most severe, and most confusing and difficult to treat. An estimated 12.6 million women in the United States—up to 60 percent of all women migraineurs—suffer from these potentially disabling headaches just prior to or during their menstrual periods. The high numbers of migraines among women occurring at a time of great hormonal fluctuation indicates a connection between migraine headache pain and female sex hormones.
Prophylactic and acute treatments are available to reduce the impact of menstrual migraine once an appropriate diagnosis is made. Yet despite the high prevalence of migraines among women of childbearing age and the functional impairment caused by these headaches, health professionals routinely underdiagnose menstrual migraine. As a result, women are not receiving needed treatments for this condition.
Join us for this free, live CME webinar presented by Barbara Clark, MPAS, PA-C on Thursday, March 26 at 9:00 pm ET. For more information and to register, please visit www.arhp.org/webcme
