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Why Women? (Part 1)

September 6th, 2009 . by mctreve

According to www.headaches.org, there are 29.5 million Americans who experience the pain caused by migraine. And among these, the number of women who suffers from migraine dominates men. Based on the article in the mentioned site, women are more commonly affected with migraine three times than men. But why is it women are the usual victims?

Based on www.womenshealth.about.com, estrogen fluctuation among women can be the main reason why most of them suffer from migraine than men. We all know that part of women’s life is having menstruation; this is the time wherein migraine usually attacks because of the normal hormonal fluctuation experienced by them.

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