Migraine Headache: Neurologist Amanda Nies

Neurologist Amanda Nies, DO, understands the often debilitating aspects of migraine headaches-with or without aura-and discusses symptoms and treatments of migraine and other headache disorders. For an evaluation, call Holland Hospital Neurology at 616-396-7366 or visit www.hollandhospital.org/hh/hh...

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Please... you know that migraines are not headaches. So stop spreading that misconception.
* Migraines are complex neurological dysfunctions that affect multiple areas of the brain
* Headaches are one (albeit very common) symptom/result of migraine activity
* Approximately 4% of migraine sufferers (about 1.6 million people in the US) do not get headaches (sometimes called "silent migraine") but can suffer from any of dozens of other possible migraine symptoms, many of which are intensely uncomfortable and debilitating.
Conflating migraines with headaches is factually incorrect, perpetuates misconceptions that result in the trivializing of the impacts of migraine, and is downright insulting to those of us who go through hell but don't get headaches.