Script

AVOIDING MIGRAINES
Michael Ready, MD, Headache Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Health

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IF YOU'VE EVER HAD A MIGRAINE – YOU KNOW HOW DEBILITATING A SIMPLE 'HEADACHE' CAN BE. AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AGREES WITH YOU – HEADACHES ARE AN UNDER-ADDRESSED PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.

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TRT: 40
THAT'S BECAUSE HEADACHE DISORDERS, LIKE CHRONIC MIGRAINES, OFTEN IMPACT A PERSON'S ABILITY TO WORK AND ENJOY LIFE. DOCTOR MICHAEL READY SPECIALIZES IN HEADACHE MEDICINE. HE SAYS MIGRAINE SUFFERERS HAVE EXTRA-SENSITIVE BRAINS THAT DON'T TOLERATE BIG CHANGES WELL … LEADING TO MIGRAINE HEADACHES THAT OFTEN COME WITH SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT AND SOUND.

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Michael Ready, MD
Baylor Scott & White Health
TRT: 16

Well, what you want to do is to recognize that you have a sensitive brain that doesn't tolerate change. So, you want to try to go to bed at the same time, get up at the same time, stay well-hydrated, not skip meals and practice a type of stress management as to whatever works for you

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HE SAYS TRACKING YOUR TRIGGERS AND STICKING TO A STRICT ROUTINE MAY HELP REDUCE YOUR HEADACHE DAYS.