Data from Barcelona’s researchers deserves to be explored is that of the 7 million Italians suffer from headaches, nearly 5 million are women. In detail, the female population suffer from violent attacks of pain from 3 to 4 times a month. The target preferred by headaches are housewives aged between 35 and 44, married, with children and suffer an average of 3 attacks per month.

According to a survey Eurisko in 60% of cases the disorder affects the working lives and leisure. The women most affected are those of working age and beyond to housewives (34%) to suffer the most are employed and teachers (19%). Almost all (84%) described the pain as strong enough to seriously affect the quality of their life for over half the sample (60%) migraine prevents the normal course of daily activities, compromises the study or work, limited social life.

Also according to the survey, the disease also affects the lives of torque (for 54%), particularly on couples with children (55%), come well as in those where the woman is very busy professionally as entrepreneur and self-employed (72%).

Culturally there, however, a lack of awareness in being able to distinguish between generic headache and migraine. 74% of the sample is not aware of treatment to prevent attacks. Also as regards the 'headache: 46% asked for a solution to the doctor, 16% was addressed to a specialist in neurology, and a very low percentage (3%) turned to a center for headaches.

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