Migraines and Vitamin D

Based on a new study released, chronic migraine sufferers may have one more possibility as to the cause of their headaches.

New research shows that vitamin D deficiency is fairly common in patients with chronic migraines.

The results of an observational study were presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Headache Society and showed that 40.7% of patients with chronic migraine were deficient in 25-hydroxyvitamin D. The study also showed that the longer individuals had chronic migraine, the more likely they were to be vitamin D deficient.

This study consisted of 55 migraineurs and of these subjects, 54 had chronic and 1 had frequent migraine attacks. The mean age of the subjects was 49.8 years.

Vitamin D level consisted of total 25-hydroxyvitaimin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D2.

The study showed that 41.8% of patients had sufficient levels, 27.3% had insufficient levels and 14.5% had deficient levels.

Since many doctors generally don't recognize the importance of vitamin D deficiency, they don't screen for it. This study may help testing for Vitamin D deficiencies more routine.

Now if insurance companies will just pay for the test