Recently, I have been a little busy, lack of sleep and headache.
Blood pressure is not well controlled, headache.
I can’t see anything but my eyes. I have a headache with anger.
Often headache, sometimes left pain, sometimes right pain, pain is better than death.
Headache for seven or eight years, what took all the medicine, has not had a good effect.
If you think about it carefully, you often encounter headache problems in your life. This is how to deal with all kinds of headaches properly.
What should I do with headache?
There are many reasons that can lead to headache. Most headaches are not too serious problems. When headache occurs, you can try to start from the following aspects:
STEP 1 Rest Adequately
This rest is to sleep upside down. If it can relax your body and mind, it is a good rest. Listen to music, watch the scenery, close your eyes, relax your tense muscles, empty your messy thoughts, avoid strong light, noise, etc.
Step 2: Gently massage
Many friends will habitually rub both sides of the head when they have headaches, which is indeed a way to relieve them. For headaches that are not caused by diseases, you can try similar massages. Rub and pinch both sides of the brain, the top of the head, the back of the head and the neck, perhaps the headache will relieve some.
3. Hot or cold compress
This may seem contradictory, but the fact is that people’s reactions to cold compress and hot compress are quite different. Some people will feel more comfortable taking a hot bath or covering a hot towel behind their necks. Some people wash their faces with cold water to relieve their headache. It is good to find an effective method for themselves.
Step 4 Take painkillers
Of course, you can take painkillers, and we also suggest using painkillers to control or relieve headache that cannot find the [root of the disease].
Common over-the-counter painkillers include ibuprofen, aspirin or acetaminophen (paracetamol), but when taking these drugs, it is best to make sure that you have any taboos and do not take them in large quantities for a long time, which is not good for your stomach.
Step 5 Take your blood pressure
In many cases, headache is caused by poor blood pressure control. It is recommended that the middle-aged and elderly people should measure their blood pressure when they have headache, regardless of whether they have a history of hypertension.
6. Go to the hospital in time for these situations.
Although in most cases, headache has no reason and there will be no big problem. However, brain tumors, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, infection and many other diseases can also cause headache.
When headache is accompanied by any of the following conditions, you must go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time:
- Decline in understanding ability; Unclear consciousness and fainting; Limb numbness, fatigue and even paralysis; Visual impairment such as blurred vision and rotation of vision; Speak vaguely, unable to speak, etc. Difficulty in walking; Nausea and vomiting unrelated to unclean diet; Headache after head trauma; Headache affects normal life and work.
There are many reasons for headache, and the symptoms cannot fully reflect the disease condition. If you are not at ease, it is best to go to the hospital as soon as possible for a definite diagnosis.
What are the causes of headache?
The causes of headache are too many and complicated to elaborate on. Some have causes and some have no causes. But in order to understand this matter, we can use a rather general classification to explain it:
1. Headache caused by some diseases (secondary headache)
Secondary headache is not actually a disease, but a symptom caused by other diseases.
For example, headache caused by hypertension, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, brain tumor, brain infection, etc.
This kind of headache has the exact disease as the [responsible person], and the headache usually disappears after the disease is cured.
If headache is accompanied by any abnormality such as decreased understanding, unconsciousness, fainting, high fever, numbness of limbs, fatigue, paralysis, inability to see clearly, unclear speech, nausea and vomiting, etc., it is likely to be caused by the above diseases, and you must go to the hospital in time.
2. Headache of unknown cause (primary headache)
This kind of headache cannot be explained clearly or explained clearly, but according to the characteristics of the attack, each has its own faction.
For example, women have multiple and unilateral attacks [migraine]; Smokers are common and come and go quickly [cluster headache]; Quite common and varied [tension headache].
This kind of headache is often easy to relieve, but it is also easy to repeat and not easy to cure completely.
If it is clear that it is [primary headache], you can relieve the pain according to the method at the beginning of the article, rest, massage, cold compress or hot compress, and take painkillers.
How to avoid headache attacks?
A healthy lifestyle and an open-minded attitude towards life are naturally a golden standard for preventing diseases.
For example, ensuring adequate sleep, banning smoking and drinking less, controlling blood pressure and blood lipid, combining work and rest, keeping a good mood, etc., have certain effects on controlling and relieving general headache.