WHO GETS MIGRAINE?

Migraine affects around 20% of Australians.3 It usually first occurs in childhood or early adulthood but is most common around the ages of 35–45 years, with women more likely to be affected than men.4

While it’s not clear why some people have migraine attacks and others don’t, several factors can increase the risk of getting migraine.1 These include family history,2 sex,1 and coexisting depression and anxiety.5 For women, hormonal factors can also influence the severity and frequency of migraine attacks over a lifetime.1,6

HOW COMMON IS MIGRAINE?

Migraine is relatively uncommon in children4 but affects 29% of Australian women and 12% of Australian men.3

WHAT ARE THE COMMON TRIGGERS?

Migraine triggers are factors that set off a migraine attack or make the attack worse. They can vary from person to person and can sometimes be hard to identify.1 Understanding your migraine triggers can be an important step in managing and preventing migraine.7 Keeping a migraine diary can help you keep track and monitor patterns in your personal migraine triggers.8

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There are a number of migraine triggers, including:1

Emotional factors
(e.g. stress, excitement, arguments)

Sleep
(e.g. lack of sleep or too much sleep)

Eating habits
(e.g. skipping meals, delayed meals, specific foods)

Food additives
(e.g. caffeine, monosodium glutamate or MSG, aspartame)

Alcohol
(e.g. wine, some beers and spirits)

Sensory triggers
(e.g. bright or flickering lights, strong smells, loud or jarring noises)

Environmental changes
(e.g. travel, weather, altitude)

Screen time
(e.g. watching big or small screens, poor posture)

Hormonal changes in women
(e.g. at menstruation, perimenopause, or menopause)

Exercise
(e.g. especially vigorous or high impact exercise)

HOW CAN YOU MANAGE
MIGRAINE?

Many things can be done to manage migraine. It can take a process of trial and error to find treatments that work for you.1,7

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ABOUT
RELPAX® MIGRAINE

Taken as soon as a migraine headache starts9, Relpax® Migraine can reduce migraine pain or relieve migraine pain completely.10

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