Vitamin deficiencies may cause migraines, says study
Posted on: 15/Jun/2016 11:04:36 AM
A new study says that a high percentage of children, teens and young adults with migraines may have mild vitamin D deficiencies. The research was conducted by scientists at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre in the US.
Results of the study show that mild deficiencies in vitamin D, riboflavin and coenzyme Q10 - a vitamin-like substance found in every cell of the body that is used to produce energy for cell growth and maintenance - may be involved in patients who experience migraines.
The researchers conducted experiments on patients with migraines who who had baseline blood levels checked for vitamin D, riboflavin, coenzyme Q10 and folate, all of
which were implicated in migraines, to some degree, by previous and sometimes conflicting studies. Many of these patients were put on preventive migraine medications and received vitamin supplementation, if levels were low. The findings showed that girls and young woman were more likely than boys and young men to have coenzyme Q10
deficiencies at baseline. Boys and young men were more likely to have vitamin D deficiency.
Said that researchers, Patients with chronic migraines were more likely to have coenzyme Q10 and riboflavin deficiencies than those with episodic migraines.
