Here is how to avoid summer headaches

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. — Dr. Emad Estemalik, a neurologist with the Cleveland Clinic, said changes in temperature can induce migraines.

Estemalik, a headache and migraine specialist, recommends trying to identify triggers and then make changes.

The lifestyle changes may include diet and sleep. Estemalik recommends staying hydrated when it gets hot.

“Migraine patients typically don’t respond well to over-the-counters, so there are triptans that are available -- they’re prescribed meds. We also have new abortive monoclonal antibodies -- different than the preventive ones; they work wonderfully for patients,” Estemalik said.

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Here is how to avoid summer headaches

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