Each year, on September 12, the European Migraine & Headache Alliance (EMHA) celebrates the European Migraine Day.

Migraine is a chronic disease which negatively influences patients’ lives and their ability to fully integrate within society. About 15% of the European population has to deal with this neurological disease . It means that in average, in your country, 1 in 7 people suffer from Migraine. Many of them are silent and seem to live an apparent normal life but the reality is other. Migraine is not just a headache; migraine is a disease that keeps people in the dark for hours, days and years in a whole life. Pain is just one of the many symptoms that patients suffering from migraine face, making them episodically enable to think, to work and/or to perform normal social activities for several times. As a result, migraine has a devastating impact on their life and loved ones.

Links:
European Migraine Day of Action with MEPS in the European Parliamentean Migraine Day of Action

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