You know the feeling. You’re at work and it starts to set in. Another painful migraine is on the way and that means another missed day of work is on the horizon.
The cost of migraines astounding: each year, Americans report 113 million lost work days due to migraines.
The good news here is that means employers feel the impact of your migraines, too. Improvements to your work environment are in their best interest!
Reducing environmental stressors that contribute to migraines benefits your health and a company’s bottom line.
Whether it’s a sore neck due to monitor placement or fluorescent lighting, there are adjustments that can be made to reduce known triggers, which helps you keep migraines at bay and decreases your sick leave. It’s a win-win.
You can work with your occupational health department to request ergonomic and lighting improvements such as filters, diffusers, fixing flickers, reducing brightness, or anti-glare screens. It might even make sense for you to seek disability accommodations.
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Erin, what an impactful infograph! Thank you for sharing it and all the valuable data. You never disappoint with your posts!!
Oh my gosh Erin, I feel like you need your own TV show to help educate employers, sufferers and non-sufferers who know loved ones and friends who struggle with migraines. I honestly had no idea about these statistics and you offer such value sharing them. You’re awesome! A pioneer!
I really feel for anyone who suffers from migraines. I used to get them when I was a child but thankfully I haven’t had a migraine for years.
It is really tough. I am glad that you were getting out of it.
Migraines are very scary and this infograph is so informative. Wow – I had no idea on the rising costs.
I can definitely believe that migraines cost companies and their employed money. I’m self-employed, and I can feel the financial impact when I have a migraine. I’m stuck on the couch or the bed, and I can just feel the deadlines approaching.
The same here. When I have migraine I just want to lay down while being stressed about the deadlines. I think we all need to take care of ourselves when this happens.
Wow! that’s a huge figure! I need to study this data set. It’s really interesting!
My sister suffers from migraines on the regular. I should ask her how much it costs per year to deal with them.
Oh my goodness! It’s a huge percentage! I never think about it. Your infographic is really impactful. Thanks for this information!
It is a shocking statistics.
I had no idea that migraines were such a financial strain on our health care system! Wow! I hope they find a cure for them soon!
i have suffered from migraines since i was 11. it’s insane on how expensive the meds can be. plus you have all the extra things that go into it as well.
I totally understand what do you feel. What we need is not just a cure, it is that more people could understand us.
It is magazine to me how much any health issue can cost you. Migraines are just the worst in every way!
this statistic is especially helpful to those who really suffer and those who just want to know the percentage. these values are significant. thanks for sharing.
I did not know migraines caused this much impact on productivity. I agree with making changes in the workplace to help reduce attacks on migraine sufferers.
I wish the workplace can have more concerns and understanding for us.
I definitely get this. Migraine attacks me so often and I just take my usual pain reliever but if it comes with flu, that’s another story. Huhu surekha~dreamingloud
I get migraines, thankfully never that debilitating which is why I try to manage them as best I can. I have had one so bad that I wanted to go to the ER. I never want to experience that again!
I am sorry that you also getting migraines, but yes we also prefer to live a normal life and not have these migraines at al