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FAQ
Migraine attacks often involve throbbing pain, nausea, and sensitivity to light and sound. Migraine treatment and prevention are very important, as migraine is a chronic neurological disease.
Over-the-counter pain relievers and relaxation techniques can help relieve tension headaches.
Seek emergency help for sudden, severe headaches, headaches with a high fever, and headaches accompanied by changes in vision or speech. Migraine treatment and prevention often require help from a neurologist.
Migraine triggers vary but can include stress, hormonal fluctuations, alcohol, barometric pressure changes, changes in altitude, and disruptions in sleep patterns.

Mark Youssef, MD, MA, MFA
Medical Reviewer
Dr. Mark Youssef is currently a headache specialist with vast experience treating chronic migraine, along with other headache disorders such as cluster headache, post traumatic headache, and medication overuse headache. He is also a writer and publishes in medical and literary journals. He has been personally battling against chronic migraine for more than half of his life.
Niya Jones, MD, MPH
Medical Reviewer
Niya Jones, MD, MPH, is a board-certified internal medicine physician with a special interest in cardiology, particularly as it relates to health care disparities and women's health. Dr. Jones received her medical degree and master of public health degree from Yale University.

Michael Yang, MD
Medical Reviewer
Dr. Michael Yang is a neurologist and headache specialist at Emplify Health, and an adjunct professor of neurology at the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine.
He completed his residency in neurology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, and went on to complete a headache fellowship at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. He is certified in headache medicine by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.

Mayoni Ranasinghe, MBBS, MPH
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Jason Paul Chua, MD, PhD
Medical Reviewer
Jason Chua, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Division of Movement Disorders at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He received his training at the University of Michigan, where he obtained medical and graduate degrees, then completed a residency in neurology and a combined clinical/research fellowship in movement disorders and neurodegeneration.
Dr. Chua’s primary research interests are in neurodegenerative disease, with a special focus on the cellular housekeeping pathway of autophagy and its impact on disease development in diseases such as Parkinson disease. His work has been supported by multiple research training and career development grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the American Academy of Neurology. He is the primary or coauthor of 14 peer-reviewed scientific publications and two peer-reviewed online learning modules from the American Academy of Neurology. He is also a contributing author to The Little Black Book of Neurology by Osama Zaldat, MD and Alan Lerner, MD, and has peer reviewed for the scientific journals Autophagy, eLife, and Neurobiology of Disease.

Jessica Baity, MD
Medical Reviewer
Jessica Baity, MD, is a board-certified neurologist practicing in southern Louisiana. She cares for a variety of patients in all fields of neurology, including epilepsy, headache, dementia, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, and stroke.
She received a bachelor's degree in international studies and history from the University of Miami and a master's in international relations from American University. She graduated from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine, where she also did her internship in internal medicine and her residency in neurology.
Prior to practicing medicine, she worked in international relations and owned a foreign language instruction and translation company.
- Headache. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. November 22, 2024.
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