Migraines are very common, with over 1 billion people reporting experiencing at least one migraine per year. There are many causes and effects of migraines. A study from the Seoul National University College of Medicine reported that there was a possible link between migraines and IBD, or irritable bowel disease.
Dr. Rudolph Bedford, a board certified gastroenterologist, told Medical News Today, “[With] inflammatory bowel disease we do see some extra-intestinal manifestations including things involving the eye or ocular findings, which may be neurogenic in nature, so it wasn’t surprising”
In the study, more than 10 million people, three percent of which had IBD, were tested. The scientists found there was a prominent increase in the number of migraines experienced by people with IBD than those without.
Now researchers are attempting to discover why there is a connection between the two. Dr. Bedford is proposing an observation of the connection between IBD flare-ups and migraines occurring simultaneously.
