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12/09/2014

The campaign 'Migraine, get it out of the closet' aims to give visibility to those who suffer this disease

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12/09/2014

The action is led by the VHIR and wants to identify the maximum number of affected

Coinciding with the "Migraine awareness week", the Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) promotes the campaign "http://migrana-sacala-del-armario.blogspot.com.es/" “Migraine, get it out of the closet” with the aim of identifying who suffers this disease to help building awareness to society about its importance.“The patients suffering from migraine must know they are not alone, that there is a lot of people like them suffering from this disease, and together they can make their problem more known and thanks to this be able to improve their current quality of life and their future, thanks to investigation”, ensures Dr. Patricia Pozo, leader of the research group on "http://www.vhir.org/larecerca/grupsrecerca/ca_grups_equip.asp?Idioma=en&mv1=2&mv2=1&mh1=2&mh2=1&mh3=1&mh4=0&ms=0&area=4&grup=11&menu=3" Headache & neurological pain at VHIR.In Spain, approximately 4 million people (12.5 per cent of the population) suffer from migraine. Most of them do it in silence. Migraine affects the quality of life of individuals and has huge social and economic impact (six days time off work and eight of underperformance each year per affected), and also on health care (one third of the neurological consults are because of this disease).Telling the story of the patients suffering from migraine and losing the fear of being recognized for it can be useful, not only for stopping being invisible, but also to raise awareness about the importance of this collective and their needs.

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