Is Your Blood Pressure to Blame for Your Migraines?

A study published in Neurology finds that high diastolic blood pressure slightly increases the odds of migraines in women.

The research involved 7,266 participants and showed no similar risk for systolic blood pressure or male participants. These findings suggest small blood vessel function might be linked to migraines.

Link Between High Diastolic Blood Pressure and Migraine
Having high blood pressure, specifically high diastolic blood pressure, was linked to a slightly higher odds of ever having migraine in female participants, according to a new study published today in the July 31, 2024, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Diastolic pressure is when the heart is resting between beats. However, the study did not find an increased risk between other cardiovascular risk factors and migraine.