Monsoon migraines in the Borderland are real and can be a pain
EL PASO, Texas -- The monsoon season, which lasts from June 15 to Sept. 30, has more effects than just the storm damage we typically see each year.
Changes in weather, such as when the environment becomes more humid, drier, warmer and windier - as well as changes in pressure - are all triggers for some people to get migraine headaches.
This year's particularly wet season has caused issues for Borderland resident Sofia Matos who says the rainy weather has created very serious migraines for her.
"I literally even cry sometimes because of how bad my migraines are," she explained.
Amaal Sterling, a professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic, explained how changes in the weather can trigger migraines.
"It's really the change. Any type of change in someone's external, or even internal environment - like changes in hormones, and then external environment - like changes in the barometric pressure, and changes in even temperature - ambient temperature. Those type of changes can often be a trigger for people who have migraine," Sterling said.
Weather conditions can't be prevented or changed, although we may wish it could many times in our lives. And for those who suffer from weather related migraines, this time of year can be very tough on them.
Sterling said doctors are able to prescribe preventative medicine that can be taken at the first signs of a migraine, which is good news for those whose migraines are triggered by changes in the weather.
