Migraine protects women from chronic diseases

6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 19th

Masrawy: –

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An ongoing migraine can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in women, according to a recent study.

The researchers say that women with severe chronic headaches are 30% less likely to contract a chronic illness than women who do not have a history of migraines, according to Russia Today.

The findings, led by the Gustav Rossi Institute, a cancer research center located in Villejuif, France, show that these findings provide insight into the underlying causes of cases and can help physicians determine the underlying causes. patients to screen for the risk of type 2 diabetes.

"Despite the high prevalence of the disease, especially among women, the link that unites them is poorly known," said the study's authors.

Migraine is the third most prevalent disease in the world, according to the Migraine Research Foundation, with nearly 12% of the US population suffering from this type of headache, for example.

Previous studies have shown that hypoglycemia was the underlying factor in early migraines.

Since the plasma glucose concentration increases with time until it reaches type 2 diabetes, the symptoms of migraine may decrease.

These biological factors may explain why there is an inverse relationship between migraine history and type 2 diabetes, the researchers said.

The team examined 74,000 French French women suffering from migraine attacks and participated in a French study conducted by the Gustave Rossi Institute on the risk factors for cancer in women.

During the study, type 2 diabetes increased approximately eight times more than the number of women with no history of migraine compared to women with a history of migraine.

The researchers found that women with active migraine were 30% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes.

They also found a decrease in the prevalence of active migraine before the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

The researchers found that the number of migraines decreased in the years preceding type 2 diabetes: only 11% of them had active migraines.