Saving energy may be causing some migraines
January 3, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
photo by: armisteadbooker at flickr
Those of us who have migraines know that sometimes it’s the slightest thing that can set one off. The British Migraine Action Association in the United Kingdom has noticed that for some migraineurs, it’s the new compact fluorescent energy-efficient light bulbs that are the trigger.
In this article, Energy efficient bulbs may trigger migraines, UK group says, the association is asking that governments not ban the older light bulbs to accommodate those whose migraines are triggered by these newer bulbs.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Added January 4: This post resulted in a very interesting article by Laura, over at B5’s blog CFSquared, Tales of CFS: The Lightbulb Theory – It`s Cracked! It’s a great read.
This discussion just came up at work (surprise I work for a lighting company). The spiral bulbs don’t flicker – so if its the flickering itself that causes the migraines, these bulbs shouldn’t bother you.
It’s the standard CF lamps that flicker. Now if the reason is because of the low intensity….well I can’t help you there.
One more thing to bear in mind. Thanks for the heads-up on this!