THE EXPERIENCE OF PERSONS LIVING WITH MIGRAINE
Abstract:
The aim of the study was to describe the experience of living with migraine headache and the ways that persons cope with it. This could help specialists to get a better understanding of the patients with migraine. We used the interpretative phenomenological analysis. Being affected by a long time, participants feel that pain is a part of them, and that it will never be completely cured. Also, most of the emotions and feelings that came up with an attack are negative, for example emotions like sadness, irritability and feelings like vulnerability. The ways that participants cope with the migraine are traditional treatments (drugs), complementary treatments, use of coping strategies, both active and passive, and trying to find a cause of the attack in order to take the control over it. The findings of the study suggested that the migraine is more than a headache; persons endure both emotional and physical suffering.
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