experience debilitating headaches, known as migraines.Looking at nearly 10,000 people in their 30s and 40s, researchers found that the LGB participants experienced migraines 58 percent more than heterosexual participants.
Migraines are described as extreme headaches that can cause sensitivity to sound and light, and prompt blurred vision, nausea, and vomiting.
The condition, affecting more than one in six Americans, is a leading cause of emergency room visits.Other migraine studies have shown that Black Americans disproportionately suffer from the condition, as well as people with lower incomes.
Migraines are much more likely to strike women than men; 85 percent of migraine sufferers are female.The UCSF researchers did not come up with.