Seeing stripes can cause headaches and migraines, say scientists

From stripey T-shirts to brutalist buildings, scientists have found patterns of parallel lines could cause headaches.

The link between flashing lights and certain forms of epilepsy is well known, but some static patterns made up of bars and lines are now suspected of causing negative effects.



It’s believed stripes may even cause issues in the brains of healthy people.

Researchers at the University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht in the Netherlands say that a rise in a type of brain activity seen when such images are viewed indicates a possible cause of headaches.

Around one in five women and one in 15 men suffer from migraines in the United Kingdom, which costs the economy an estimated 25 million working days every year.

Are You suffering from Migraines? Then watchout for the stripes you see everyday.