Main types of headache

1 Medical indications

Migraine appears in women aged 15 to 35 years. After sleep, the patient experiences piercing pulsating pain, a gripping forehead and a temporal part of the head. Attacks of pain periodically recur.

Migraine is accompanied by vomiting, nausea and unbearable loud sounds. Often there is a dizziness, "flies" in the eyes, vision is clouded, flashed pictures before your eyes. Due to physical overloads, the headache increases. Migraine attacks last from 3 hours to several days.

Migraine is a hereditary disease associated with a mutation of 19 chromosomes. Often doctors observe numbness of limbs and violation of speech functions. Causes of headache and its treatment are prescribed after examination of the patient. Migraine can develop against the background of a violation of the exchange of serotonin, prostaglandin, histamine and other substances.

In women, congenital high activity of the brainstem regions is observed. Pregnancy, the use of food additives, preservatives and other factors can cause a migraine attack.

Stress is a type of headache that is characterized by feelings of constriction in the temples, pain in the forehead and eyes. At the same time, the patient quickly becomes tired, poorly concentrates attention, suffers from insomnia and loss of appetite. Duration of the voltage from 30 minutes to 7 days. Pain syndrome is of a weak nature.

Specialists distinguish several types of voltage:

• acute( episodic);
• is chronic.

Acute pain rarely occurs. It passes by itself, if a person relaxes. The reasons for the appearance of indisposition are:

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• lack of sleep;
• great mental and physical stress;
• overstrain.

Psychogenic pain due to depression, feelings of anxiety is a kind of pain of tension.

2 Cluster or bundle syndrome

This pain occurs in young men under 40 years of age. The duration of the symptom is from 15 to 180 hours. Strong pain can be given to the eye, capturing the frontal and temporal part. Similar seizures are observed in the morning. When the pains become stronger and longer, and the rest period decreases dramatically, then the syndrome passes into a chronic stage.

Cluster pains are based on vascular changes. The reasons for their appearance are unknown. Headaches can be inorganic:

• hypothermia, the cause of the onset is cold;
• sexual arousal, pulsating headache begins at the moment of sexual intimacy and reaches its apogee under orgasm. This symptom is often observed in men;
• physical activity.

Strong shooting short-term pain, the causes of which are not identified, are called idiopathic. They arise without reason. Specialists distinguish the following types of headache of organic properties:

• arising from trauma;
• post traumatic, may occur immediately or after a short time after traumatic brain injury, concussion, stroke.

High intracranial pressure can cause bleeding - a stroke.

Suddenly, there is a sharp pain in the head, the patient loses consciousness, speech, vision, coordination of movements may break, sometimes convulsions, loss of memory occur. Blood in a torn brain vessel with force presses on nearby tissues.

3 Infection in the body

Brain diseases are associated with headaches. In elderly people, temporal arteritis may appear. If the pain is spread to the neck and shoulders, then depression, insomnia, and severe weight loss may appear. If in the morning there is vomiting, dizziness and convulsions, then the tumor grows, exerting direct pressure on the vessels.

The patient's condition deteriorates sharply. The cause of the tumor can be radiation, uncontrolled use of drugs, bad habits, frequent viral infections, poor heredity.

Frequent colds, inflammation in the throat, nose, tooth decay, viruses can cause a severe headache. In this case, there is nausea, depressive consciousness, impaired coordination. Headache associated with drugs can arise because of the rejection of medicines prescribed by the doctor, from inhaling the smell of paint or lacquer, smoke, all sorts of aromatic substances.

Hangover syndrome affects the headache, causing nausea, vomiting. Excessive consumption of alcohol dehydrates the body, which leads to vascular swelling. The lack of blood oxygen and sugar suffers the brain, causing severe headaches.

The pressure and the syndrome under consideration are related. With increased pressure( hypertension), there is a throbbing pain, nausea. Under reduced pressure( hypotension), weakness, drowsiness, and aching in the joints are observed.

Salt deposits compress the cervical arteries, disrupting normal circulation, leading to headaches. People who are overweight suffer from frequent headaches. If there are abnormalities in the structure of the spine or the structure of the skull, a headache may appear.

4 Methods of treatment

If the headache is long-lasting and the painkillers have not given a positive result, then it is recommended to seek medical help from a doctor. Untimely treatment of migraine can lead to a stroke.

In this case, treatment of an ailment consists in removing blood from a burst vessel. Cluster headaches do not respond well to treatment. In chronic form, oxygen masks and special preparations are prescribed. Alcohol during cramps is strictly prohibited.

If you do not treat arteritis, then the likelihood of loss of vision increases. In the clinic, the doctor prescribes steroids, which stop the inflammatory process in the vessels, find out the causes of the headache and their treatment.

The ophthalmologist should observe the state of the lens of the eye. If a brain tumor is suspected, a tomography scan should be done. On the photographs you can see which areas are affected.

For pain resulting from physical exertion, the doctor is recommended to undergo examination, make ultrasound of the cervical and head. The resulting images show the existing deviations.

Headaches associated with sexual intercourse require the advice of a therapist and a psychologist. If the pains are disposable, then you can drink anesthetic( analgesic).If necessary, you can do massage of the head, neck and shoulders.

5 Diagnosis and prevention

For effective treatment, the patient must undergo a diagnosis. If a structural disorder of the CNS is suspected, CT or MRI is performed. Rarely x-rays of the head and an electroencephalogram are prescribed. On the resulting picture, the doctor will be able to identify the pathology. Prevention of the disease is a regular walk in the fresh air, proper nutrition and a healthy sleep. It is impossible to be in a single position for a long time, which causes tension in the muscles of the neck. Regularly do exercises to strengthen the muscles of the back and neck. It is necessary to avoid stress, maintain posture.

If headaches are caused by muscle tension, then it is recommended to run and fitness. To eliminate vascular headaches, you must take appropriate medications. With hypertension, the diet excludes salted and fatty foods, carbohydrates.

The pressure can be removed with the help of hot foot baths. In the morning, you can take a contrast shower. In summer it is recommended to walk barefoot on the rocks and drink hot tea with lemon. When hypotension drink decoctions of elecampane, zamaniha, Tartar.

Prevention of headaches is the rejection of bad habits. To increase the flow of blood to the head, make a hot compress with aromatic oils. To relieve a severe headache, you need to reduce the flow of blood to the head. For this, make a cold compress or use "Tiger Balm".