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Something that often comes before symptoms get worse, such as heat, standing or a meal.
Entity
Trigger
A trigger is something that seems to come before symptoms get worse, such as heat, standing, a meal, poor sleep or stress. Coming before is not the same as causing. Zebra shows patterns in your own records and tells you when it cannot see a clear one yet.
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- Symptom Tracking
- Doctor Reports
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Migraine and Headache Symptom Diary: What to Track
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