How much can barometric pressure contribute to migraines?

I work at an acupuncture clinic and we see a steep rise in migraine patients with changes in the weather. — Laura Bretton, San Diego, Calif. Barometric pressure changes — especially drops — are indeed migraine triggers.

Examples include approaching storms, air travel and high altitude. Barometric pressure and other aspects of the weather (temperature extremes, humidity) are among the relatively unavoidable triggers for migraine. Stress and hormones trigger migraines, too.

But that doesn't mean you suffer each and every time you're exposed to every one of these influences. In your brain is a control center for migraine that receives input from the many triggers contributing to headaches. These triggers stack up, and the height of that stack reflects not only your level of recent exposure to weather changes, stress and hormones, but also a multitude of other, more readily avoidable triggers — such as a variety of common dietary items, certain medications, and sleep deprivation.

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