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eLearning Series:
My Headache Is Killing Me!
Headache Relief and Treatment
(Migraine
Headaches, Sinus Headaches & Tension Headaches)
(
11 pages )
FACT: Headaches
Affect Nearly 90% of Men and 95% of Women
All kinds of
pains are bad. But there is nothing as mentally exhausting
as a headache.
It affects our well-being, our productivity and even our social
existence. After a headache we feel mentally drained and
physically
exhausted. But then we come to the interesting question, should
a bad headache keep a good man (or woman) down? To find
a solution to this question, it is important that we understand
more
about headaches.
Headaches are
of different types. They can be identified as headaches due
to migraine, sinus and tension. Now these headaches are very
different but they do affect the same part that is the head
in general. So if we understand more about them we can reach
an interesting conclusion.
And you know what
that is? Headaches are largely preventable. Of course there
are a lot of cures available over the counter now but do we
really have to wait for the headache to start to resort to treatment?
Isn’t prevention better than cure? Isn’t it better to be proactive
than reactive?
The following
pages consist of 101 remedies and treatments on how to prevent
headaches.
But before we go to the tips, it might be useful to have
at least
a
superficial
understanding of the different types of headaches.
Migraine Headaches
A
migraine is a splitting headache that just seems to set in apparently due
to no reason at all. The reasons for a migraine are mainly vascular.
That means that certain changes in the blood vessels that supply
blood to the brain trigger of the pain. Of course, the causes
for the changes in the blood vessels may vary from person to
person but this is generally how it starts.
Migraines are
easily the most common headache syndrome. It affects 10 to 15
percent of the global population. One peculiar feature of a
migraine is that it usually starts in childhood or adolescence
and is most common in young and middle-aged adults.
The only good
thing about a migraine is that it usually stops as people get
older. Migraines have nothing to do with a person’s background,
upbringing, or social class. Migraines do not discriminate.
Migraines have
a strong impact on the quality of a person’s life. It affects
not only the person but also the lives of those who move in
close contact with he person. Migraine attacks can some times
be so severe that person may have to abandon his or her routine
activities for three or four days at a stretch.
Once the pain
of a migraine sets in, it is sheer agony. It is almost as if
one side of your head is being ripped off. There is very little
a person can do to stop this pain.
The good thing
about a migraine is that it is transient, that is the pain will
go away after sometime. This usually happens after the person
gets a few hours of sound sleep. But the worst thing about migraines
is that they recur. But migraines too can be prevented to a
very large extent as the tips below explain.
There are two
main types of migraine, the classic migraine and the common
migraine. Both the classic and the common kind can occur as
often as several times a week or as rarely as once every few
years.
Both types can
occur at any time. But for some people at least, it is possible
to predict the occurrence of the migraine. For example there
is a greater tendency for a migraine near the days of menstruation
or every Saturday morning after a stressful week of work.
Although many
sufferers have a family history of migraine, the exact hereditary
nature of this condition is not known. People who get migraines
are thought to have an inherited abnormality in the regulation
of blood vessels. The following factors often act as triggers
that set of the migraine.
Stress is one
of the major factors that can contribute to the onset of a migraine.
Now it may not be possible for you to get away from the cause
of stress, particularly if it is something connected with your
job.
Anger can trigger
of a migraine as well. It would be good for short tempered people
to learn ways of controlling their anger. The best method is
of course the one to ten method. The next time you get angry
count to ten very slowly before you really blow your lid. By
the time you get to ten you should have cooled down.
Both physical and mental fatigue can lead to a migraine so do
not push your self too much. Enough is enough and when your
body starts giving you signals that it has had enough, take
heed and stop whatever you are doing. Just bear in mind that
a little more productivity on one day is not worth the productivity
of the next couple of days.
Sinus Headaches
Sinus
problems, too, give rise to headaches. The sinuses are small spaces in
the facial bones just below the facial skin. The spaces are
concentrated in the nasal region, temples and around the eyes.
Sometimes, due to infection, these spaces get inflamed with
mucus and infected as well.
This leads to
the headache that is the result of sinusitis. There are many
causes for sinusitis which are allergy, a deviated nasal septum,
and severe cold, enlarged parts in side the nose, and acute
ongoing infection.
Tension Headaches
Tension
headaches are also common in many people. Stress and anxiety are causes
for tension headaches. The moment such a person gets tense about
something, the person develops a tension headache. Insufficient
sleep, anxiety, problems, and worries give rise to the tension
headache.
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