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Test Your Headache IQ

Answer "true" or "false" to the following questions. Then read your answers to find out how much you know about headaches.

  1. Most adults have experienced at least one headache in the last year.
    True    False

  2. Tension or muscle contraction headaches are the most common type of headache.
    True    False

  3. Men experience migraine headaches more frequently than women do.
    True    False

  4. Migraine headaches can be easily diagnosed.
    True    False

  5. Certain factors in some instances, not all, can trigger a migraine headache.
    True    False

  6. Headaches may be disabling but they are never an indicator of a serious medical problem.
    True    False

Sources:

Migraine Update, The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health. Accessed December 2002
Headache: Hope Through Research, NINDS. Originally printed in 1996; updated November 23, 2005

This screening assessment was reviewed and updated June 2007.

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