June 14, 2016.

According to a study presented at the annual American Headache Society and conducted by researchers at the Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, United States, there is a link between vitamin deficiency and migraine.

A deficiency in vitamins D and B2

American researchers found in a study that some migraines were linked to severe deficiencies in vitamin D, vitamin B2, coenzymes Q10 and folate (vitamin B9). Findings made after examining more than 7 children, adolescents and young adults, who suffered from migraines.

Blood tests showed that girls and young women were more likely to have coenzyme Q10 deficiency. As for boys and young men, they lacked, more generally, vitamin D. In detail, 70% of participants had lower than recommended levels of vitamin D, 15% were deficient in riboflavin (vitamin B2) and 30% in coenzyme Q10.

In addition, patients with chronic migraines were more likely to have coenzyme Q10 and riboflavin deficiency than those with episodic migraines.

Further research will be needed

This observation being made, there is no indication if vitamin intake could cure migraines. ” More work will be needed to determine if vitamin intake is effective in patients, and if those with severe deficiencies are more likely to benefit from this intake. Said Dr Suzanne Hagler, who led the study.

It is indeed still early to say. Some people are deficient in vitamins and do not have migraines, others have migraines and do not have the slightest deficiency. Is it the migraine that causes these deficiencies or the reverse? Researchers are still working on the issue.

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