5 Tips to Keep Migraines Away While on Vacation

Adventure confidently without packing your migraine knowing the neurological mechanisms behind common travel triggers and how to defy them

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For migraine sufferers, the excitement of travel often comes at a painful price. The change in habits, schedules, climate, and even foods can swiftly trigger those pounding, nausea-inducing headaches.

But with informed preparation, venturing to new places without a migraine attack is possible. Avoiding the most common travel-related migraine triggers can lower headache risk and allow you to travel with more confidence.

Motion Sensitivity

Travel inevitably involves being a passenger in some sort of moving carrier, which can trigger migraines. Long drives or flights may cause some to avoid trips entirely. Nausea, headaches, and dizziness from motion sickness are also migraine symptoms.