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Migraines & headaches: Finding help
If you still have questions or need support for coping with migraines and headaches, follow our links for more information and online advice.
What is chronic tension headache?
If you have a headache most days for a long time, you could have chronic tension headache. There are several treatments that can help you, including medicines and therapies to teach you how to relax. And you can do some simple things yourself that may make you feel better. We've brought together the best research about chronic tension headache and weighed up the evidence about how to treat it. You can use our information to talk to your doctor and decide which treatments are best for you.
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Migraine Action
Migraine Action is the UK's leading charity dedicated to individuals affected by migraine. It provides advice and support to migraineurs and their families through a dedicated helpline, the latest news through a quarterly newsletter "Challenging Migraine", a wealth of information on migraine and other headache disorders on its website and three age specific websites and resources especially created for children affected by migraine.
migraine.org.uk
The Migraine Trust
Factsheets and information packs are downloadable from the Migraine Trust. As part of the alliance of charities known as Headache UK, the Trust supports people living with migraine, as well as their families.
migrainetrust.org
The British Association for the Study of Headache
With a mission statement “to relieve those of the burdens of headache”, The British Association for the Study of Headache lobbies government for better headache services and provides education for healthcare professionals.
bash.org.uk
National Migraine Centre
The National Migraine Centre is a registered national charity independent of the NHS. It works on headache research as well as treating sufferers of migraine and cluster headache.
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