Link between poor sleep and migraine attacks revealed

Arizona: A new study has found that improving sleep can improve the condition of people suffering from migraines.

In a study conducted at the University of Arizona Health Sciences in the United States, researchers identified a link between poor sleep and migraine attacks.

Most people with migraines report sleep problems (including insomnia, trouble getting or staying asleep, poor sleep quality, waking up from sleep, and forced self-soothing due to migraine pain). Before this study, it was not known whether migraines cause sleep disturbances or whether sleep disturbances cause migraines.

The study’s principal investigator, Dr. Frank Purica, said that scientists have known for a long time about the connection between sleep and migraines. Previous studies have been conducted with the help of information obtained from patients. In this study, the team measured sleep in a pre-clinical model and found that migraine-like symptoms did not affect sleep, but if you had sleep disturbances, you were more likely to have migraine attacks because you were a migraine sufferer. increase.

The team of researchers examined the sleep disturbance using mice as a pre-clinical model. This examination was done with the help of electroencephalogram recording and visual observations.

The study found that when the mice got less sleep, they were more likely to suffer from migraine-like conditions, but such conditions did not interfere with normal sleep.

Frank Porica said sleep deprivation can have many causes, including stress. In this study, the researchers made sure that they were examining the effects of sleep, not stress, on migraines in the study.