Woman_39_s_Day_Australia_-_January_04_2021

60 WD

GETTING

MORE

MIGRAINES?

Health

Learn how to preventandtreatsummerheadaches

canactasa migrainetrigger.

Whenit’swarmerwetendto

sweatmore,andif weare

activeaswell,thenweare

likelytolosemorefluid

throughsweat.”

Otherpossibletriggers

includeoverheating,humidity,

ortoomuch time spentin

thesun.

PREVENTION

Somemigrainescanbe

prevented by avoiding certain

triggers.Youcanavoid

dehydration-relatedmigraines

bydrinkingplentyofwater,

especiallyif you’resweating

morethannormal.Reducethe

amountofcaffeinateddrinks

andalcoholyouconsume,

asthey’redehydrating.

“Exposuretointense

sunlightmayalsobea trigger,

soprotectingtheeyeswith

goodqualityeyeweariscrucial,

asisavoidingsituations

with lots of glarethat could

P

eoplethatexperience

migrainesknowtheycan

hitanytime,anywhere.

Butif younoticethey’re

morefrequentorintensein

summer,therearea few

reasonswhythatcouldbe

happening.GPDrPreeya

Alexanderexplains...

TRIGGERS

About 20 percentofpeople

will experience a migraine in

theirlives–a typeofheadache

that’s usuallythrobbingon one

sideoftheheadandis

accompanied

bysymptomssuchasnausea

andsensitivitytolight.

“It’s[thought]thatincreased

exposuretointensesunlight

duringsummermonths

maytriggermigraines,”says

DrAlexander. “Anothertheory

isthatwarmerweatherleadsto

sweatinganddehydration,and

it’s known that dehydration

Stayextra

hydrated

over

summer.