Why Might Changes in #Weather or #BarometricPressure Affect People with #Migraine?

In the full episode of Spotlight On Migraine, Dr. Shivang Joshi explains how changes in weather and barometric pressure can impact people with migraine.

Watch the full podcast or read the transcript at migrainedisorders.org/podcast/s6ep9-weather-barometric-pressure/

TRANSCRIPT 👇
Theories include sensitization of nerves, triggering events taking place, or with barometric pressure changes, could there be some changes in the stress, I guess, the physical stress around nerve endings or around the dura? So the dura is the outer layer of the brain, and you have blood vessels and nerves surrounding that. So if there’s an atmospheric change, is it enough to irritate the lining of that? And a corollary to that would be someone who has, let’s say, more of an immediate, drastic change where they go from altitude.

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