A Norwegian study recently published in National Center for Biotechnology Information, says that diabetes is related to a lower risk of migraines.
The migraine is a moderate or severe headache that is presented as a sharp pain on one side of the head.It occurs in approximately one in five women and in one in 15 men.Nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light and sound are other symptoms that can accompany migraine.
The study was carried out by Norwegian researchers who studied migraine prescription data for a period of 10 years in Norway and crossed the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. The data included more than 100,000 people with diabetes.92% of people with diabetes had type 2 diabetes and 8% type 1 diabetes.
The incidence of migraine was 26% lower in people with type 1 diabetes than in the population without diabetes.People with type 2 diabetes showed a 11% reduction in the risk of migraines.
The researchers concluded that both types of diabetes are associated with a lower risk of migraines and that the results suggest that diabetes can present a protective factor against migraine development.
The way in which the study was executed did not allow researchers to analyze why people with diabetes have a lower risk of migraine.
To date, the reasons why migraines occur are not very clear.A theory is that they can result from chemical changes in the body that affect nerves and blood vessels near the brain.
Hormonal changes can play an important role in migraines and it is possible that this is the reason why people with diabetes have a lower risk of migraine.
More research is needed to know why people with diabetes show a lower risk of migraine.
The study is published at Link