Dehydration Headache Symptoms, Remedies and More
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4. Who Gets Dehydration Headaches?
Dehydration headaches are quite common. The research journal Headache reports that 1 in 10 adults have such headaches at some point in their lives.3Water-Deprivation Headache: A New Headache With Two Variants’, Headache, 06 Jan 2004, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2004.04014.x. People who experience migraines are particularly prone to dehydration headaches and often list dehydration as a migraine trigger.
People who are at risk of dehydration due to other health conditions such as diabetes may be more likely to experience dehydration headaches. It's particularly important for these people to monitor their hydration levels.
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