“Migraine leads to 1.6 million days off work and costs society 1 billion euros every year”, headache expert testifies | Health

Migraine costs society 958 million euros. 90 percent of this is absenteeism at work. That’s what migraine expert from the University of Liège Jean Schoenen calculated. “There is a stereotype of the migraine patient looking for excuses, but my experience is that many people try to make the best of it,” says Prof. Dr. Koen Paemeleire of UZ Gent, specialist in headache disorders.