Ways to eliminate headaches

It is not known where the migraine comes from. There is an opinion that it is based on a genetic background, but external factors may also play a role. Attacks of migraine pain are often associated with stressful lifestyles, climate change, sleep disturbances, intense odors, or unnatural lighting (such as in a movie theater).

The effectiveness of therapy will depend on how quickly the attack begins to stop. Don't wait until the pain is unbearable. It is worth taking the drug when the pain is not yet too intense, this makes it possible to quickly get rid of the disease.

If it's a migraine

Start migraine therapy by taking conventional analgesics from the anti-inflammatory group. Often, in addition, antiemetic pharmaceuticals are used. If this does not work, then stronger drugs are introduced, for example, from the codeine group, or they are combined with caffeine / paracetamol.

When these remedies do not help, then triptans are prescribed (for example, Immigran, Zomig, Maxalt). Sometimes, especially in preventive therapy, antidepressants, antiepileptic drugs are used.

When the cause of pain is trauma

It happens that headaches are a consequence of pathological processes in the cervical segment of the spine. Such degenerative changes are formed as a result of trauma. Inflammatory diseases can also be the cause.

Although this is not a migraine, the nature of the pain (one-sidedness) and localization (temple, forehead and eye area) may suggest this disease. The discomfort is likely due to compression or irritation of the nerves leaving the spinal cord. CT, MRI, and ultrasound are used to differentiate migraine from neck pain. It is possible to compress the corresponding areas on the neck to provoke a headache, or to perform a so-called diagnostic blockage (anesthetic injections).

How to tell a migraine from other pain symptoms

If the compression of the zones causes pain, and after the introduction of the blockade, the discomfort decreases, then this means that the condition is not a migraine. In this case, physical therapy should be taken instead of taking pain relievers.

Foods Causing Headaches

The list of products that can trigger migraines includes, first of all:

- cheese and chocolate;

- smoked meat and fish;

- pickles, coffee and red wine.

All these products contain substances that cause intense and painful spasm of blood vessels in the brain.

Eating foods containing monosodium glutamate is a very common cause of pain. But, the reaction to specific dishes can be individual. If you are prone to migraines, it is worth considering what you eat and how you feel afterwards. It is worth recording what you ate and noting whether pain appears after eating or not. It is worth compiling dishes so that one does not contain more than one ingredient potentially dangerous to humans.