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Migraines: Finding and Avoiding Triggers
The best way to manage migraine headaches is to avoid them. And to avoid them, you need to know what things (or triggers) bring them on. By finding and avoiding your triggers, you can limit how often you get migraines and how bad they are.
Try to avoid as many triggers as you can. Triggers add up, so the fewer you have at one time, the better your chance of preventing a migraine.
To manage your migraines:
- Use a
headache diary
(What is a PDF document?) to find your migraine triggers. - Make sure you sleep, exercise, and eat on a regular schedule.
- Don't eat foods that are likely to trigger a migraine.
- Manage stress.
- Avoid smoking and secondhand smoke.
What are common migraine triggers?
Why identify and avoid migraine triggers?
How do you identify and avoid headache
triggers?
Where to go from here
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| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: April 27, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Karin M. Lindholm, DO - Neurology | |
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