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Friday Fun Fact: Migraines = Purple

Purple Migraine RibbonMost serious health causes have colors, ribbons, and bracelets as tokens to help raise awareness.  Migraineurs are fighting a battle every day but without any token to represent their struggle.  To change this, several groups have come together and determined thatPURPLE is the new color of migraine and headache disorder!

Teri Robert wrote a great article on this at migraine.com: click here to read it.

This fun article from Dr. William Douglass discusses some research on colors and migraine.  Apparently, migraineurs have more normal brain activity when they are wearing glasses tinted pinkish-purple.

For More Info:

  1. Headache Disorder Awareness: Migraine and Headache Have An Awareness Color
  2. Migraine.Com: What color of eyewear is the best for light sensitivity?

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