People who suffer from frequent migraines are stigmatised in
much the same way as people with epilepsy are, new research
suggests. "This study is providing evidence for what we all sort
of knew was the case," said Dr. Noah Rosen, director of the
Headache Center at the Cushing Neuroscience Institute at North
Shore-LIJ Health System, in Manhasset, NY. He was not involved
in the research. Condition stigmatised too Not only are migraine
patients stigmatised, but so is the condition itself in terms of
getting research money, Rosen noted. "It's not getting the
recognition it really should, given the prevalence and
disability associated with it," he said. Migraine pain and
symptoms affect 29.5 million Americans, according to the US
Department of Health and Human Services. Rosen believes that
because migraine - which causes a combination of severe
headache, nausea, light sensitivity and other factors - affects
patients' work and social lives, the people around them
stigmatise them as unreliable. "Migraine is a diseas