Eleven out of every 100 people in the US suffer from migraine headaches. The headache can include severe head pain, nausea, and sensory sensitivities. Migraine headaches are frequently disabling and affects the economy with over 113 million lost workdays every year. Women are three times more likely to get migraines than men. Children of migraine sufferers are 2-3 times more likely to suffer migraines than children of non-sufferers.

Current evidence supports that a migraine is a neurovascular problem where the brain is the perpetrator and the blood vessels are the victims. Almost any dramatic internal or external change can trigger a migraine in a susceptible person.