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Migraine can be a debilitating condition that affects both parents and teenagers. For parents, it can be distressing to watch their child experience severe headaches, nausea, and other symptoms. It can also be challenging to manage their child’s condition while juggling other responsibilities. There are several things parents can do to help their child manage migraine including creating a migraine diary, identifying triggers, and seeking medical help.

For teenagers, migraine can be a particularly challenging condition to manage. It can affect their school attendance, social life, and mental health. Teenagers may feel isolated and misunderstood, especially if their peers do not understand the impact of migraine. However, there are resources available to help teenagers cope with migraine.

Studies show that women are nearly 3x more likely to experience migraine than men [2]. One reason is that women experience fluctuations in hormones, specifically in estrogen, during menstruation, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and menopause.

For many women, these changes in hormonal levels can trigger migraine attacks with painful headaches and other symptoms. Although women are more likely to experience migraine, an effective treatment plan can ease or eliminate symptoms in both sexes.

Understanding and tracking migraine phases are the first steps to finding the best treatment plan [3]. Since everyone experiences migraine differently, recognizing how symptoms and phases affect you personally makes a difference in treatment. After uncovering patterns in migraine attacks, a medical professional can build a plan to treat them in their early phases, potentially avoiding painful headaches and hangovers.

A headache diary can help track and manage the details of migraine attacks. Keeping a diary or journal of symptoms and patterns on paper or with the free Nerivio app, you can share those details with your doctor. Information about your symptoms, how long they last, how severe they are, and what treatments work for you will help your doctor provide a more customized treatment plan.

If you do not have a treatment plan, you may still find relief from your migraine through immediate relief tactics. Some of these tactics are useful for easing symptoms as they occur [5]

For example, one tactic is relaxing in a quiet, dim room, while experiencing light or sound sensitivities. Other tactics are more preventative, like establishing good sleep habits and developing a healthy eating routine.

Drug free acute and preventive treatments, such as the Nerivio REN wearable, are also available to minimize or stop the symptoms when they happen and to prevent them in the future.

Individuals experiencing migraine symptoms should always consult their healthcare provider before beginning a treatment plan or new medication. A proper diagnosis and treatment plan is the way to find pain freedom.