http://www.migravent.com/blog/migraines/risk-factors-for-migraines/ Information about migraine treatment and migraine prevention Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:55:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.migravent.com/blog/migraines/risk-factors-for-migraines/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 Leah Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:52:52 +0000 http://www.migravent.com/blog/?p=59#comment-1316 This is a post from Migraine.com- 70 percent of migraine sufferers have family history of migraines One study shows that if an immediate family member suffers from a migraine, there is a 14 fold increased risk of having migraines Another study shows a 50 percent greater risk of having migraines if an immediate family member suffers from migraines If one parent is a migraine sufferer, there is a 40 percent chance the child will have migraines also If both parents are migraine sufferers, there is a 90 percent chance the child will have migraines Other research has shown that mothers with migraines are more than twice as likely to pass along the disorder to their children than fathers with migraines One large study of more than 5,000 American twins found that if one identical twin had a migraine, the second twin also suffered from migraines 35 percent of the time Fraternal twins suffered from migraines together 16 percent of the time. This is a post from Migraine.com- 70 percent of migraine sufferers have family history of migraines
One study shows that if an immediate family member suffers from a migraine, there is a 14 fold increased risk of having migraines
Another study shows a 50 percent greater risk of having migraines if an immediate family member suffers from migraines
If one parent is a migraine sufferer, there is a 40 percent chance the child will have migraines also
If both parents are migraine sufferers, there is a 90 percent chance the child will have migraines
Other research has shown that mothers with migraines are more than twice as likely to pass along the disorder to their children than fathers with migraines
One large study of more than 5,000 American twins found that if one identical twin had a migraine, the second twin also suffered from migraines 35 percent of the time
Fraternal twins suffered from migraines together 16 percent of the time.

]]> http://www.migravent.com/blog/migraines/risk-factors-for-migraines/comment-page-1/#comment-1315 Pippa Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:27:37 +0000 http://www.migravent.com/blog/?p=59#comment-1315 I would like "family history" defined... How close a relation are we talking about? I would like “family history” defined… How close a relation are we talking about?

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