Pain can be scary for any age but thankfully this little girl has her mommy to help her through the intense pain of a migraine. Migraines can be sudden, intense, and incredibly painful for adults but for children they can also be scary and hard to understand. This book was written by a mom of a little girl with frequent migraines, while also suffering from chronic migraines herself. All while trying to shed some light on the confusing, painful, and challenging world of migraine awareness.

Deeply researched and beautifully written, this fascinating and accessible study of one of our most common, disabling—and yet often dismissed—disorders will appeal to physicians, historians, scholars in medical humanities, and people living with migraine alike.

Draws on the latest scientific findings to identify the unique characteristics, chemical makeups, and structural differences of migraine-prone brains, offering insight into the role of the central nervous system while outlining a comprehensive program to reduce the frequency and intensity of headaches. Reprint.

Mia lives with chronic migraine. Did you know it's so much more than just a headache? Migraine often makes Mia's body feel like a full-on pain parade with a marching band behind her eyeballs! Sometimes she even sees dots, stripes, and a whole kaleidoscope of colors. While migraine really is no fun at all, there are small ways friends and family can help when one strikes. Written with humor and pizzazz, Migraine and Mia is the perfect way to educate children about this often-misunderstood health condition and what they can do to better support those who live with it.

Migraine is an extraordinarily common, disabling, and painful disorder that affects over 36 million Americans and costs the US economy at least $32 billion per year. Nevertheless, it is frequently dismissed, ignored, and delegitimised. In this book, Joanna Kempner argues that this general dismissal of migraine can be traced back to the gendered social values embedded in the way we talk about, understand, and make policies for people in pain.

The director of the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago offers a book for the mainstream market to provide authoritative information and expert advice on a major health concern in America today.

Cataloged copy has "Note to reviewers: these are advance reading galleys. Changes may be made before the book is printed"--P. 4 of cover.