Caffeine can trigger migraines, right? Wrong (mostly). Although there have been some studies tentatively linking drinking coffee – for example – with causing headaches, in fact this is not usually the case. Surprisingly, caffeine can help reduce inflammation which then brings pain relief.
These are the kinds of myths and misconceptions delved into by Dr Derk Krieger, Professor of Neurology and Senior Consultant Neurologist at Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, in the last episode of the Gulf News & Novartis Mind Your Migraine vodcast series.
Dr Krieger chats candidly with patient Julia Vetter who describes herself as “not a typical patient for migraine” because she only started suffering episodes in her thirties – busting the idea that migraines always start at a young age.
Ana D’Castro is a Dubai expat with a busy family life and a ton of important work commitments.
She’s also a chronic migraine sufferer, with the condition often throwing her carefully planned week into instant disarray – meaning she has to suddenly ditch plans and ‘let people down.’
This causes her a great deal of anxiety, she admits to Dr Alessandro Terruzzi, Head of Neurology Department at Mediclinic City Hospital and Clinical Lead and Head of Mediclinic Comprehensive Stroke Center, in episode 4 of the Gulf News & Novartis Mind Your Migraine vodcast.