Last week, I found myself clutching my temples in a dimly lit room, cursing the extra-large cold brew I downed earlier that morning. Was it the caffeine that triggered the throbbing behind my eye—or was it just another bad migraine day? It got me thinking: how does caffeine really affect migraines? If you’ve ever pondered…
For a while after I recovered from COVID, I couldn’t shake off the pounding headaches. At first, I chalked it up to fatigue or maybe dehydration. But weeks turned into months, and the migraines didn’t go away—they got worse. Turns out, I wasn’t alone. A surprising number of people have reported lingering migraines after a…
When someone asks me, “Tarra, can rheumatoid arthritis cause chronic migraines?” my first instinct is to say, it’s complicated—and that’s exactly what makes this question so interesting and worth unpacking. As a rheumatology nurse practitioner, I’ve seen firsthand how rheumatoid arthritis (RA) doesn’t just attack joints; it can affect the entire body in surprising ways,…