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Vol.1 , No. 4, Publication Date: Sep. 25, 2014, Page: 157-161
| [1] | Safila Naveed, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi –74600, Pakistan. |
| [2] | Asra Hameed, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi –74600, Pakistan. |
| [3] | Neelam Sharif, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi –74600, Pakistan. |
A brain disease, migraine is a special type of headache that causes highly intense, throbbing quality pain in half-head or any one side of head. It may be due to several reasons like food intake, sleep disturbance, stress or tension etc. Hormonal disturbance can result in migraine. There is no specific treatment for migraine. Analgesics or Pain killers may prove effective in migraine. To prevent it cautions must be taken. Our study aims to find out its awareness among university students and professionals and also to check its prevalence in them. A cross-sectional n random method was use to collect data in the month of July and August, 2014 in Karachi. According to our survey, 90% university students and professional are well aware of the term “migraine”. 62% aware about the causes of migraine, 74% aware about the signs and symptoms of migraine while 46% well aware about the treatment strategies of migraine. The overall awareness rate of migraine in university students and professionals is about 68%. We also check its prevalence and find that 26% university students and professionals are suffering from migraine. The common causes of migraine in university students and professionals are stress, tension, sleep disturbance and work load.
Keywords
Brain Disease, Migraine, Headache, Intense, Throbbing Quality Pain
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