Sometimes it seems that we would not even know about the existence of temples, if from time to time they themselves would not remind ourselves of extremely unpleasant and annoying pain. We rub them and handfuls swallow tablets in the hope of getting rid of suffering, cursing either magnetic storms, or tedious work, or unknown forces that sent this punishment to us. According to statistics, a headache in the temples haunts 70 percent of the world's inhabitants, but doctors rightly believe that in fact even more people experience this torment, but not all seek medical help. Meanwhile, the self-medication that we resort to when we are looking for analgesic packaging from our first-aid kit can lead to serious complications, as is often the case when we forget about the diseases themselves in the fight against symptoms.
But often it’s about the presence of a disease, and not just about overwork or a hangover, a headache in the temples signals . The causes that cause it may lie in fluctuations in blood pressure (more often it is hypertension), or in disturbances in cerebral circulation. With a number of infectious diseases, such as tonsillitis or flu, these sensations are also observed. Headache in the temples accompanies such serious illnesses as encephalitis and meningitis, and may indicate giant cell (or temporal) arteritis - inflammation of the artery.
One of the most undesirable diagnoses that a person with similar symptoms can hear is migraine, because it is impossible to get rid of this curse, just as it is impossible to predict the time of the onset of another attack. Severe headache in the temples of such patients makes them intolerant of bright light and loud noises, "flies in the eyes" and nausea. And all this horror can last up to several days, until the disease for a while does not recede.
Headache in the temples can be caused by compression of the trigeminal nerve (neuralgia). In such cases, attacks are provoked by chewing or swallowing, even by talking.
Sometimes such pain can be of mental origin; in these cases, it does not have a clear localization, is aching in nature, to match the behavior of the patient himself - he becomes tearful and irritable, and may experience a sense of anxiety and fall into hysteria.
A hard working day, prolonged stress, sitting for many hours in front of a computer monitor can also cause pain in the temples. This is due to the fact that the facial, cervical and brachial muscles are in a high tone for a long time. This condition can be prevented by taking breaks in work, properly equipping the office space, and getting rid of it by taking a medicine for a headache. True, if your every day, except weekends, ends in a similar way, you must go either to the doctor for advice, or to the boss with a statement - health is still more expensive.
Surprisingly, it also happens that a headache in the temples is caused by the use of certain products. Doctors believe that its cause is monosodium glutamate. This flavoring is most often found in semi-finished soups, sauces, individual seasonings, in products obtained by meat processing, as well as in almost all Chinese dishes. In these cases, a pulsating or dull pain in the temples or frontal region appears from 15 minutes to half an hour after lunch. The so-called "hot dog" temporal pain is also known, which provokes a rich content of nitrites in food. In addition to sausages in a bun, bacon and salami, canned ham and corned beef, and also smoked fish “sin” this. Of course, you should not give up your favorite dishes because of the risk of a headache, but you still need to know about such a probability. Forewarned is forearmed! At least even a tablet of dipyrone.