Women's questions: ending the pain of migraines

Migraine is a neurological disease.

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By: Caroline Paré Follow

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Every Friday, we will deal with a topic of women's health, in a practical way.

Today we are talking about migraines and headaches.

Migraines affect women more frequently: there are thus three times more women affected than men.

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What is the difference between a migraine and a headache?

How to treat migraines?

What are the hygiene rules to follow and those to proscribe?

In which case to consult?

  • Dr Ndeye Fatou N'Doye

    , neurologist neurophysiologist at

    Fann University Hospital in Dakar

    , Senegal

  • Report by

    Charlie Dupiot: La Palabre au Féminin

    , where we join a talking circle of women in Évry, in the Paris region, led by

    Fatoumata, known as Alyss

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