Patricia Pozo Rosich
Neurologist, expert in migraine, head of section of the Neurology Service of the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona
Analyses such as this one show again that migraine and the other primary headaches have a very high prevalence in the population (up to 52% headache and 14% migraine) globally (1 billion worldwide), with a daily incidence of 15.8% of migraine attacks per day. That is about 86 million migraine attacks per day.
In addition to being high, the prevalence of migraine has been increasing in recent years, and it is now the most prevalent and disabling neurological disease between adolescence and age 50.
However, research in this field is underfunded, so why do we want to live many years if they are not of good quality? As a society we have to consider not only the quantity of life, but also the quality of life, and addressing the issue of improving quality of life in mid-life means researching, treating and providing access to treatment for migraine sufferers.