Four out of 10 Italians suffer from headache: a subtle disorder

One of the possible answers to a real need of people who suffer from headaches in our area is the multidisciplinary clinic that Politerapica opens in the Seriate office, in via Nazionale 93. The patient is taken care of as a person, in its entirety, from the point from a medical and psychological point of view.

In Italy, the percentage of the population affected by any form of headache is 46%. The most frequent forms are tension headache, which represents 42% of cases and migraine, 11% of the total. Patients suffering from chronic daily headache, on the other hand, account for about 3% of the total. There is an important difference in incidence between male and female, with a ratio of 1: 3. Finally, it should be remembered that about 25% of migraine patients experience their first attack as early as preschool. The causes of primary headaches are often due to the interaction between hormonal and environmental factors and lifestyle habits. Migraine, tension headache and cluster headache belong to this category.