Most migraine sufferers are women. Research suggests we are up to three times more likely to suffer these excruciating headaches than men. Up to 25 per cent of women will experience migraines at some point in their lives. Some of this could be linked to hormones. For example, women are most at risk of hormonal headaches at the beginning of their menstrual cycle, when oestrogen is very low. This ties in with how peri/menopausal women tend to experience more headaches due to a drop in oestrogen.
They can be disabling, causing nausea or vomiting, and often start with
