Headache /Migrane

Headache /Migrane :: Headaches afflict almost everyone at some time or the other. Most headaches are functional, caused by temporary upsets & are not related to any organic changes in the brain. A headache is often nature's warning that something is wrong in the body. The actual pain arises from irritation to nerve endings in the shoulder, neck & scalp muscles & also in the smooth muscles encircling the blood vessels which serve these areas. Causes :: The most common cause of headache is allergy, especially allergy to certain foods. Migraine can cause severe headache, generally on one side of the head. It is also known as sick headache because nausea and vomiting occasionally accompany the excruciating pain which lasts for as long as three days. Migraine usually gives warning before it strikes : black spots or a brilliant zig-zag line appears before the eyes or the patient has blurring of visions or has part of his vision blanked out. When the headache occurs, the patients may feel tingling, numbness, or weakness in an arm or leg. Other causes of headache are eye stain, high blood pressure, infection, low blood sugar, nutritional deficiency, tension and the presence of poisons and toxins in the body. Headache is less common in old age than in young age groups. Although it is quite frequent in the elderly depressed and psychoneurotic patients, the tensions headach, so often complained of by younger anxious patients, is unusual in the elderly, Migraine may persist into old age, but it is usually less troublesome than before. It may completely disappear in some former sufferers. Migraine rarely makes its first appearance in the old age. < Treatment :: Taking an aspirin or a tranquiliser may provide temporary relief, but it does not remove the cause. Moreover, the frequent use of pain-relievers causes nervous debility, weakens the heart and brings in other complications. The best remedy to prevent headaches is to build up physical resistance through proper nutrition, exercise and constructive thinking.

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