Headache is a long-standing companion of mankind. Any of his representatives in his life repeatedly tossed his head. So everyone knows how unpleasant it is. Doctors are firmly convinced that a headache is almost the only one that is extremely contraindicated: you need to take action immediately if you press the whiskey, the reasons can be established later. However, postponing their clarification for a long time is not worth it if:
- pains are systematic, that is, they appear regularly;
- the symptom lasts a day or more;
- there is an increase in sensations;
- you not only presses your head, but also other disturbing symptoms appear: dizziness, impaired coordination, nausea or pain in other organs.
In these cases, you need to run to the clinic urgently - maybe these are signs of a serious illness. Although it is not worth panic right away and strongly: out of a hundred people who are pressed by whiskey, the reasons are brought to a hospital bed for only five.
Easy reasons
Of course, they can be considered light only in comparison with others that are dangerous to general health, and even life. When a person has a feeling that whiskey is crushing him, the reasons considered relatively harmless are as follows:
- A catarrhal or viral disease begins. In this case, the accompanying symptoms - a runny nose, cough, etc. - may not appear immediately.
- If you feel pain in your temples and forehead, and you suffer from myopia or farsightedness, remember if you have recently changed glasses. Incorrectly selected optics very often cause such sensations. They arise even if you did not use glasses before - just the visual apparatus is not yet used to its “crutches”.
- If pain appears in the left temple and simultaneously shoots for the same ear, dental problems are more likely. The same goes for the right side.
- Temporal pain, accompanied by a return directly to the auricle and pulling sensations in the nose, may indicate the occurrence of otitis media or sinusitis, and possibly their combination.
- A feeling of heaviness in the back of the head and at the same time crushing whiskey - the reasons are most likely in the increased pressure. Such painful inconvenience is well known to hypertensive patients.
- Pressure in the temples can be caused by abnormal joint work between the lower jaw and the temple, for example, with dislocation of the jaw. It is complemented by a gnashing of teeth and a return to the back of the head, and even the shoulder blades.
- Hormonal jumps in women also cause pain in the temples and forehead. During pregnancy, this illness stops, but with the beginning of breastfeeding it can return.
- Poisoning - both food and alcohol intoxication - often leads to pressure on the head.
In any case, the appearance and retention of such symptoms require a visit to the doctor. If troubles are caused by problems with ENT organs, teeth or eyesight, the headache will go away as soon as they are eliminated.
Painful Foe: Migraine
According to statistics, 30 percent of the population is familiar with it. Most sufferers are between 25-45 years old and are women. Moreover, pain in the left temple (sometimes on the other hand) is supplemented by other unpleasant manifestations: painful perception of sounds and bright light, numbness of the arms and legs, nausea, often leading to vomiting. Worst of all, neither the causes of migraine, nor the ways to get rid of it are known to medicine. Even to predict the next attack is impossible. It is impossible to remove migraine pain by standard methods: they are removed only by prescription triptans.
Work specifics
Often and regularly crushes the head of those who spend the working day in approximately the same position. In today's world, this applies primarily to those who communicate a lot with the computer. Even if they are provided with an ergonomic chair, the position of the body remains almost unchanged, so muscle groups (facial, cervical, shoulder) are fixed in it and cause a headache. She is removed by any analgesics, but it is better not to allow her to appear: get up every hour and engage in alternative activities. Production gymnastics would be ideal , but counting on it would probably be naive ...
"The helmet of the neurotic"
So doctors call post-stress conditions, in which the temples are very sore. Pressure on the head, however, is felt all over the circumference of the head, as if it were wearing a tight hoop. The phenomenon is caused by prolonged emotional overstrain, exacerbated by physical fatigue. Even stronger manifestations of "helmets" in those who smoke; in some cases, it is provoked by clips worn on the lobe at a certain point, or a tight hat. Since it is quite difficult to relieve pain in such cases, doctors recommend that you first eliminate the nervous tension: drink tea with chamomile, do aromatherapy, soothing self-hypnosis or breathing exercises. Very good results are obtained with self-massage using a regular hair brush: blood circulation in the skin is enhanced, and the conjugated muscles relax quite quickly.
Warning: vessels!
Pressure in the temples is often caused by vascular spasms. The root cause is either osteochondrosis of the cervical spine, or vegetative-vascular dystonia. For sufferers, this kind of exacerbation occurs when the weather changes abruptly or on the eve of menstruation. For problems with blood vessels, the best way to relieve pain is to take antispasmodics like No-Shpa or Stugeron. At the same time, you can knead the neck with the head. Wet compresses work well with spasms: when the face is paled, they are hot, with redness - cold.
Nutrition and Headaches
Not so long ago, one more fact was clarified why whiskey crushes: the reasons are in the composition of what we eat. Some chemical compounds cause headaches:
- Tyramine, which is found in hard cheeses, chocolate, salted fish, canned seafood, smoked meats and beer. It is noteworthy that the substance increases in quantity the more, the longer the product is stored.
- Monosodium glutamate, an indispensable component of Asian dishes. However, those who shy away from oriental dishes may encounter it in crisps, quick soups and crackers.
- Caffeine acts on the contrary. The pulsation in the temples is caused not by its presence, but by its absence in the body of someone who is used to drinking coffee in large quantities. Therefore, those who want to cross out a drink from their daily menu should do it gradually.
People who often press their heads should take a closer look at the list of favorite foods: maybe the pain is caused by an abundance of insidious components.
Why tilting my head hurts
Often people complain that they break their whiskey only with certain gestures. Most often when they bend down. The most common factors that cause such sensations are the following:
- All sorts of problems with the cervical vertebrae. Among them: osteochondrosis of the corresponding department, cervical spondylosis (deformation of osteophytes), injuries in the form of a sprain or subluxation.
- If the head hurts when tilting, the muscles affected by myositis, or tightened due to sedentary work, may be to blame.
- This can affect allergic reactions, especially if they occur in you in a violent form: with tearing, sneezing and runny nose.
- Often when tilting, the headache of asthmatics hurts.
However, there may be a primitive explanation - the neck became numb from an uncomfortable position.
Increased Hazard: Arteritis
A disease that affects people who have crossed the threshold of 60 years. It is characterized by chronic inflammation of the large and medium arteries, including the ophthalmic, temporal and vertebral. The vessels of the hands, neck and upper half of the body are extremely rarely affected. Arteritis in the first manifestations is noted by difficulties with turning the head. Later, a sharp painful pulsation appears in the temple. Complicating arteritis is complete and irreparable loss of vision; in some cases, it leads to a stroke. The treatment is rather complicated, and can last for years, so an early diagnosis in this case is fundamentally important.
Scary diagnoses
When whiskey presses regularly and incrementally, you need to find out the reasons as quickly as possible, because they can be very dangerous. In particular, a benign pituitary tumor can cause pain, which can be treated medically in the early stages, and in advanced cases requires surgical intervention or radiation therapy. Even more dangerous is glioblastoma of the brain, which with a sufficient degree of success can be cured only in the early stages.
In older people, regular pains in the temples and forehead can speak of incipient atherosclerosis. Its early detection for a long time pushes back the sad consequences of a developing disease.
What to treat
What to drink from a headache should be decided by the doctor, based on the diagnosis. In general terms, the trends are as follows:
- If you crush your head in case of cerebrovascular accident, medications that stimulate it are prescribed: Cavinton, Theonicol, Picamilon.
- Hypertensive patients are prescribed medications that lower blood pressure: Anaprilin, Enap, Lorista, etc.
- When inflammatory processes are detected, sulfonamides - Norsulfazole, Urosulfan, Phtalazole - help.
However, treatment should be professional and systemic. In the case of force majeure, a person should know how to relieve pain, and nothing more. In most cases, Tempalgin, Aspirin, Sedalgin, Nurofen cope with the task.
Folk remedies for headache
Many people avoid unnecessary use of medications - and they do it right, unless they contradict the doctor’s prescriptions. They can be advised by several generations proven ways to relieve pain.
- Rub in lavender or peppermint essential oil. Or light the aroma lamp with the oils of the same plants or lemon.
- With migraine pains, good results to eliminate them are given by tincture of aloe in chicory juice.
- It relieves a headache of a leaf of a cabbage-white cabbage, wrapped on the forehead.
And if you have a whiskey breaks as a result of stress, just drink valerian. Only not a pharmacy infusion or tablets, but brewed independently.
Unusual but effective
Some popular recommendations sound somewhat ridiculous, but this does not detract from their effectiveness.
- For example, a headache disappears for a long time, if you rub a kilogram of fresh potatoes, mix it with a stack of milk, squeeze out the mass in half an hour and make a compress cap from it before going to bed for an hour and a half.
- Even a sharp headache goes away if you lean your forehead against the glass. They say that it can be of electrostatic origin, and glass removes the accumulated charge.
- A narrow scarf made of natural wool, tied around the head, will help: in front along the eyebrows, and behind the back of the head.