Even WhenIt Comes To Migraine (NAPSA)—Asparents, we have tremendous influence over our children. This influence may be obvious in the physical traits and manner- isms that we pass on or in our chil- dren’s personal beliefs and atti- tudes. And in many cases, our influence extends to the medical conditions that our children inherit. For Sharron Flores, migraine can be traced throughout her fam- ily tree. She has experienced mi- graine since she was young and when she became a parent, she worried her children would be affected by this debilitating and painful condition, too. Sharron knew there was an increased risk that her children could have the condition and it was confirmed when her daughter Shannon, now 25, was diagnosed with migraine. "Studies have found that if one parent has migraine, there is a 50 percent chance their child will suffer from the condition too.” @ It’s important that people under- stand their family’s medical history and identify areas of concern. In Sharron’s case, when raising her children, she discussed the impact that migraine had on her life as well as how it could affect others. “Up until recently, I struggled to find a treatment that helped “Migraine is a prevalent condi- me gain some control over my migraine attacks. As a result, I endured migraines nearly every tant professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. “Studies of special moments—big and small—in mychildren’s lives. But we often talked about migraine tion that has a genetic link,” said Dr. Elizabeth Loder, M.D., assis- have found that if one parent has migraine, there is a 50 percent chance the child will suffer from the condition too.” With an understanding of what her daughter was experiencing, Sharron did all she could to ease month and missed being a part and how to cope,” explained Sharron. Today Sharron and her daughter have learned how to better manage their condition after their health care professional Shannon’s pain, frustration and anxiety caused by frequent mi- prescribed migraine prevention medication and recommended necessarily guilty because her daughter may have inherited this found there is a difference be- graine attacks. But she felt uncondition. Sharron and Shannon are two lifestyle changes. They have tween treating migraine attacks and actually helping to prevent them. They take a preventive wide who have migraine. Approxi- medication every day to help stop migraine attacks so they get experience severe or frequent attacks, makingit difficult to per- migraine and prevention treat- of the 28 million people nationmately 14 million of these people form everyday activities such as driving a car, traveling and interacting with family and friends. fewer of them. For more information about ment options available for adults, visit www.mindovermigraine.com or call 1-800-617-1144.
