Why does the headache at one point?

1 Periodic ophthalmodia

Periodic ophthalmia, or a primary stitching headache, feels like numerous injections in several areas of the head. Some people have a feeling of squeezing the skull with their fingers. Painful points can be many, and maybe only 2-3, during each attack they are in different places. The intensity of pain varies, but, as a rule, it is not painful.

Localized such pain in the area of ​​the temples, crown or eyes. The injections last from 1 to 3 seconds, they can be repeated many times during the day.

The peculiarity of this condition is that the patient no longer has any symptoms that allow him to associate pain with some kind of disease or trauma. To date, the reasons for this ailment are not yet clear, the only thing that is known about them - they are usually found in people suffering from migraine or cluster cephalalgia.

Unfortunately, there is no official treatment for periodic ophthalmology. Consolation for the patient is the fact that headaches are usually very fleeting and cause discomfort rather than suffering, and are very rare. In addition, physicians do not connect them with life-threatening diseases.

2 Histamine headache

The attack can occur several times a day and even wake up at night. During it, the pain seems to permeate the skull( most often at one point on the left or right in the field of the temple or the eye), lasts from half an hour to 2-3 hours. Patients complain of nausea, tearing, dizziness, redness of the skin around the eyes, abundant liquid discharge from the nose. Often the appearance of pain is associated with a flash of light, sharp movements, loud sounds and other annoying factors.

A histamine test is used for diagnosis: histamine is administered intravenously and the patient's condition is monitored. The diagnosis is confirmed if pain occurs 3-5 minutes after the administration. Usually, such a punctual headache torments men after 50 years. Children have histamine headaches almost never occur.

Due to the fact that the disease has not been sufficiently studied, there is still no universal treatment. It is necessary to find out the cause that caused ache in the head, and deal with its elimination. Self-medication in this case usually does not lead to any improvements.

3 Migraine disease

This is a neurological disease with headache pains leading to exhaustion( left or right, less often on both sides).Migraines are not associated with changes in blood pressure, trauma, stroke or brain tumors.

Most often, women suffer( before puberty migraine usually do not bother), since this disease is inherited through the female line. Attacks can occur 4-5 times a year, and in especially severe cases - every day. The peculiarity of the disease is that seizures are unpredictable, and treatment, given that it is very expensive, does not always help. Sometimes migraine can even cause disability.

The most common factors causing an attack:

• physical, mental, emotional stress;
• some products provocateurs( most often it concerns cheese, chocolate, some kinds of nuts, fish);
• consumption of alcoholic beverages even in moderation( especially beer, champagne and red wine);
• reception of hormonal preparations;
• sleep disorders( its deficiency, excess, compensation of lack of night sleep by day);
• weather change and acclimatization.

Self-treatment of migraine is in most cases ineffective. Moreover, even a complex of medicines prescribed by a doctor may require multiple additions and adjustments. But just in case some drugs that help to relieve the condition, it is better to have at hand:

• Paracetamol or Aspirin( may have a mild analgesic effect in half an hour after administration);
• Papazal helps prevent an attack if taken at the first precursors.

The hot bath helps to remove the pain( you can simply dip your head in hot water).The downside of this method is that it not only prevents the attack of pain, but delays it for 1-2 hours.

During an attack, it is necessary to ensure the influx of fresh air and eliminate irritants. People who are prone to migraines, it is useful to learn meditation: maximum physical and mental relaxation facilitate the condition.

Usually people who suffer from migraines for a long time know which way helps to reduce pain: someone is helped by respiratory gymnastics, someone is sucking a mint candy. A universal remedy for pain relief is complete rest and sleep.

4 Tension headache

In this case, not just a headache at one point. The pain as it comes from the vertex, occiput or forehead, neck or eyes, spreads from the epicenter, weakening to the periphery. The left or right side of the head may hurt, although both sides are more often symmetrically covered. The pain is similar to the sensations caused by squeezing or pulling out the hair, it spreads from the outside to the inside. This syndrome is often called a tension headache. During an attack, there is a feeling of tightness of the shoulder girdle and facial muscles. Sometimes the pain passes if the patient manages to relax the muscles with a strong-willed effort.

About 90% of all patients who complain of a headache, but who do not have any other symptoms, are prone to tensile pain. The most effective for the treatment of pain is the tensile type of antidepressant.

5 Spot headache in neuritis

Neuritis is an inflammation of the peripheral nerves. If the inflammation is accompanied by the destruction of the nerve tissue, this leads to a weakening of transmitted impulses and a loss of sensitivity, neuropathy develops. If more than one nerve is involved in the process, and their totality, then polyneuritis or polyneuropathy develops, respectively.

Symptom of inflammation of the nerves in the neck, head and face can be, including strong point headaches. There is tingling, a sensation of crawling on the skin, a twitching or a muscle dystrophy. It always hurts from one side( where the nerve is inflamed - right or left).

The most common cause of neuritis is viral and bacterial infections. Also, the disease can be caused by the use of poor quality alcohol or progressive alcoholism, the poisonous effect of substances such as arsenic, phosphorus, mercury or lead, radioactive irradiation, diabetes, metabolic disorders, lack of vitamin B12, cancer and immune diseases. Sometimes neuritis develops after vaccination, a sharp change in weather conditions, trauma. Methanol poisoning is the most common cause of optic neuritis.

In the treatment of neuritis, hormone therapy, B vitamins, physiotherapy, physiotherapy, and massage are used.

Neuritis is not a fatal disease, but it can not be postponed, because depending on which nerve is inflamed, hearing, vision, jaw mobility, facial muscles can be affected.

It should be remembered that a headache is the most common complaint that doctors hear, but before proceeding to the treatment of pain, one should try to establish its cause. Be healthy!!!