Women’s questions: migraines

2024-08-23 10:05:07

Like every Friday, a specialist doctor answers questions from Priorité Santé listeners. This week, we tackle a topic that particularly affects women: migraine. In fact, women get migraines three times more often than men.

Migraine affects three times more women than men worldwide. © iStock/laflor

How to distinguish a migraine from a simple headache? What are the causes? What treatments are available? How to avoid abuse of painkillers?

• Professor Abu Sypsychiatrist, medical researcher, addictologist, teacher-researcher Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakarwork in the Psychiatry Department of Fann National University Hospital Center from Dakar to Senegal.
• The feminine palaver of Charlie Dupiot.

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