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Title: Migraines Such as Michele Bachmann's Can Be Incapacitating
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ABC News/Health
URL Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/migrai ... capacitating/story?id=14105198
Published: Jul 19, 2011
Author: Kim Carollo
Post Date: 2011-07-23 13:47:39 by X-15
Keywords: None
Views: 663
Comments: 10
Rep. Michele Bachmann told a crowd in Aiken, S.C., today that her migraine headaches are under control with medication and would not affect her ability to be president, playing down reports that the ailment has prevented her from doing her job. Her spokeswoman told ABC News earlier today that the migraines have not interfered with her presidential campaign or her ability to serve as a member of Congress. She denied reports that Bachmann's migraines have "incapacitated" her in the past. "Twelve percent of Americans suffer from migraines, so if you're saying that Americans who suffer from migraines can't do their jobs, then I think you're going to run into problems," said Alice Stewart, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota congresswoman. But doctors who specialize in treating migraines say that while they can't speak for Bachmann, 55, many migraine sufferers experience headaches that can be incapacitating. "The World Health Organization has ranked migraines in its top 20 incapacitating disorders during an attack," said Dr. Jan Brandes, assistant clinical professor in the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. "They can be as incapacitated as someone who suffers from quadriplegia." Brandes says about 10 percent of migraine sufferers experience incapacitating headaches, but data from some studies indicate as many as 50 to 80 percent of people with migraines report being severely debilitated. Dr. Joel Saper, founder and director of the Michigan Headache and Neurological Institute in Ann Arbor, said, "Two to three days of debilitation is not unusual. You have not only the pain but you have nausea, sometimes vomiting, a visual aura and other neurological disturbances as well as a mental fog that can be caused by the pain or the headache itself. "We grade these things from 1 to 5," Saper said. "If it's a very severe 4 or 5, some people can't get out of bed, they're dizzy or they vomit and they're just in bad shape." Medications can also affect the ability to function because they often have a sedative effect or cause nausea while making the pain go away. People experiencing severe migraines might also not be able to think clearly and be unable to move, because any movement at all can exacerbate the pain. "Many people want to be in a still, dark place with very little sound," Vanderbilt's Brandes said. "People are not really functional during this kind of attack."
Poster Comment: Only a megalomaniac like Michelle Bachmann would endanger the security of America due to her crippling ailment.
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
Meh. It's nothing a good rodgering couldn't alleviate.
The deal-breaker here is her knee-pads, not her migraines.
Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson
It's hormones that worry me about a woman president. "I feel awful, I think I'll push this button and blow up the world!" Of course it could be that a woman prez wouldn't detonate any bombs that actually kill anybody. They'd just build and trigger those that make everyone feel REAL BAD for a while.....
I know. The irrationality, the rule by her feelings, the hysteria...jeebus! We'd be better off with a dyke like Hillary!
*Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, I invite you to compare the number of Irish, Italian, German, and Scandinavian political philosophers who have written on liberty and limited government with the number of English philosophers who published works on the subject" - Vox Day
I worked with a middle manager who had migraines. She was Very good when things were normal, and no good at all when she had explosions going on in her skull. The worst part of this is: Migraines are often (or usually) triggered by stress. Yes, stress. Now, what word describes the job of President of the US?
It was a joke. Unless you can validate a single case of a woman bungling things. You'd be hard pressed to show where a woman made things worse than men.
I know. The irrationality, the rule by her feelings, the hysteria...jeebus! It was a joke. So was mine.
*Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, I invite you to compare the number of Irish, Italian, German, and Scandinavian political philosophers who have written on liberty and limited government with the number of English philosophers who published works on the subject" - Vox Day
So was mine. Some one (who wasn't joking) once wrote that women leaders who were successful (Like Maggie Thatcher and Golda Meir) were only so because they were older and post-menopausal. But, the author failed to document any examples of younger women frivolously bungling the affairs of state and I found his case against women in power less than compelling. (But ever since I told that joke about "I think I'll blow up the world" and a young feminist in Louisiana flipped out on me I've enjoyed trying it out on those I believe will entertain me)
*Ahem* You mean a good "Turtling."
*Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, I invite you to compare the number of Irish, Italian, German, and Scandinavian political philosophers who have written on liberty and limited government with the number of English philosophers who published works on the subject" - Vox Day
#2. To: X-15 (#0)
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#4. To: HOUNDDAWG (#3)
It's hormones that worry me about a woman president.
#5. To: X-15 (#0)
#6. To: Turtle (#4)
I know. The irrationality, the rule by her feelings, the hysteria...jeebus!
#7. To: HOUNDDAWG (#6)
#8. To: Turtle (#7)
It was a joke.
#9. To: Obnoxicated (#1)
Meh. It's nothing a good rodgering couldn't alleviate.
#10. To: X-15 (#0)
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