Health Tip: Menstrual Migraines

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Cramps are a better-known symptom of a woman’s period, but about 20 percent of women are also prone to migraine headaches during menstruation.

The Office on Women’s Health suggests seeing a doctor if you have any of these symptoms during menstruation:

• Your headaches change.
• Treatments that once worked no longer help.
• You have side effects from your medicine.
• You take hormonal birth control pills and have migraine with aura (seeing bright flashing lights or spots that aren’t real).
• Your headaches become worse when you lie down.

Source: HealthDay

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