First of all, let’s recap the take home points from part 1: Migraines happen in normal brains Migraines are the result of a malfunction in pain processing, or specifically pain processing in reverse Migraines are weird. So we’ve established that, with migraine, everything is thrown on its head. Pain doesn’t mean what we normally […]
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What are Migraines, Part 1: Migraines are Weird
Right off the bat, I think it’s important that we acknowledge that migraines are a bizarre and perplexing biological phenomenon. As anyone who’s had one knows, they are oftentimes excruciating, agonizing, and debilitating – features that would lead you to believe they serve a very important biological function. Yet, they appear to have no functional […]