Being open to new experiences reduces your migraine risk
- Intellectual curiosity and artistic interests also reduce migraine susceptibility
- Personalities predisposed to nervousness and irritability increases the risk
- Researchers hope the findings will help develop new ways to prevent headaches
- The researchers analysed personality traits and migraines in 3,000 people
Alexandra Thompson Health Reporter For Mailonline
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Being open to new experiences reduces the risk of migraines, new research suggests.
A preference for variation over routine prevents crippling headaches among depression sufferers, a study found.
Yet, neuroticism – a personality trait associated with nervousness and irritability – increases migraine’s risk, the research adds.
Study author Dr Máté Magyar from Semmelweis University in Budapest, said: ‘An open character appears to offer protection from [migraine].
‘Our study results could help to provide a better understanding of the biopsychosocial background of migraine, and help to find novel strategies in the prevention of and interventions for [migraine].’
Being open to new experiences reduces the risk of migraines, new research suggests
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COULD CANNABIS TREAT MIGRAINES?
Chemicals in cannabis could be effective at treating painful migraines, research revealed earlier this month.
Cannabinoids, the compounds in marijuana that make you feel high, may be better at treating pain than recommended migraine medication, a study found.
Researchers from the Interuniversity Center in Florence found that pills containing the chemicals reduce the pain felt by migraine sufferers by 43.5 per cent.
The drug also had a number of additional effects, including stopping stomach aches and muscle pain, according to the researchers.
Previous research has found cannabis reduces migraines by targeting cells in the body that control pain relief and inflammation.
How the study was carried out
Researchers from Semmelweis University in Budapest analysed the relationship between personality traits, depression and migraines in more than 3,000 sufferers of the mental health condition.
Depression is associated with an increased risk of migraines.
The participants were ranked according to their openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism.
Key findings
Results revealed that the participants scoring highest for openness were less likely to suffer migraines.
This personality trait covers intellectual curiosity, a preference for variation over routine and artistic interests.
The participants scoring highest for neuroticism were most at risk of migraines.
Dr Magyar said: ‘An open character appears to offer protection from [migraine].
‘Our study results could help to provide a better understanding of the biopsychosocial background of migraine, and help to find novel strategies in the prevention of and interventions for [migraine].’
It is unclear why being open to new experiences reduces depression sufferers’ migraine risk.
The findings were presented at the Congress of the European Academy of Neurology in Amsterdam.
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