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In your experience with patients, do you see an increase or worsening of things like headaches, migraines, and intracranial hypertension, with the full moon? annecdotally, not researched based of course?

Q: in your experience with patients, do you see an increase or worsening of things like headaches, migraines, and intracranial hypertension, with the full moon? annecdotally, not researched based of course?

: Migraine headaches do appear to be triggered and vary based upon weather and atmospheric changes, but numerous other triggers play a role. But not uncommon for neurological issues to fluctuate symptomatically over time. Have no clue how the phases of the moon affect my patients.

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Migraine headaches do appear to be triggered and vary based upon weather and atmospheric changes, but numerous other triggers play a role. But not uncommon for neurological issues to fluctuate symptomatically over time. Have no clue how the phases of the moon affect my patients.

Answered 5/12/2021

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In your experience with patients, do you see an increase or worsening of things like headaches, migraines, and intracranial hypertension, with the full moon? annecdotally, not researched based of course?

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