Permanent Migraine

A headache that never ends. The headache can cause severe and sometimes severe pain. The pain feels like a pulsing on the sides of a person's head. Just like real symptoms, permanent migraines can cause weakness and sometimes nausea. Light and sound can also become painful to the person who has it. The permanent migraine is an illness that affects older merpeople.
The illness makes it hard for the merperson to swim during the day time. Since the mer that are affected live in more shallow waters.

Causes

The illness is caused by old age and extreme contact with bright lights and loud sounds. This normally happens when an older mer is swimming in the shallows at high noon or during a very loud storm. If they can get back to their home treatment can be started. If not the shocked of the migraine could kill the mer.

Symptoms

Unlike real migraines, permanent migraines are not self-diagnosed. An older merperson goes to a healer who then tells the merperson that they have the illness.
The permanent migraines cause throbbing on the sides of the merpersons' head. This throbbing will not stop. At times it can be easy to deal with, but most of the time it causes the suffer a lot of pain. The permanent migraines become worse when the older mer sees a bright light and hears very loud noises.

Treatment

There are two types of treatments. Both methods can give the merperson relief.

Self Treatments

The mer can avoid triggers that cause the mer to have more pain. Another method is to avoid too must stress. Also, good sleep and diet can help ease the pain.

Healers' Treatments

Healers can use their sea magic to ease the pain. They can also make potions that can help. The potions work similarly to real-world medications.

Affected Groups

The elderly are the most affected by the illness. The illness is mental and is something that can happen uncommonly among the elderly.

Type

Mental

Origin

Natural

Rarity

Uncommon

Affected Species

• Mer
• Shark Mer