Headache

Suffer from headaches? Not alone! Most people suffer from it, it causes headaches between the normal view and transit between the chronic diseases that can be treated as well as the range of serious diseases.
It is not considered a headache, usually, a presentation of a serious illness. However, headaches are one of the most common medical complaints: up to 15% of people turn to receive medical treatment due to headache.

Various studies on the causes of headaches have shown that more than half of the people suffering from headaches once, at least, in the year (without supply leads to go to the doctor). Precisely for this reason, it is difficult to answer the question: "What is the common cause of headaches?".
General studies conducted indicate that tension headaches it is, probably, the most common types of headaches, but often what is going to talk about a few fleeting spells. On the other hand, constitute a sister (migraines), the most common diagnosis in patients who go to their family doctor because of headaches. There is also a cluster headaches (cluster), a rare type of headaches usually appears in a very difficult, so that nearly 100% of patients are going to consult a doctor from the virus.
In addition to the suffering of the patient and his family, headaches cost dearly: In the United States alone Aktrmen headaches cause the loss of 150 million work days and about 350,000 on education each year.
More than 90% of patients who complain of headaches suffer from one of the following diseases:
1. tension headaches: Doctors do not know exactly what is causing the most common type of headaches, but plays a muscle spasm, probably, an important role in his appearance. Do not be a headache in this pattern is accompanied by additional symptoms (such as nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to sound, etc.), but the sensitivity of the muscles in the neck may appear, the head or shoulders. Usually the pain a unified character (but may increase unity and not be afraid during the Nuba), as being "down", a two-sided (identical) and is connected (not compounded) to exert physical effort. Also it linked to the emergence of this headache, usually, tiredness (stress / tension - Stress).
2. sister (migraines): This style is characterized by headaches worsen the pain when exposed to light or hear the voices, as well as when the movement or exercise. Nausea, vomiting, previous signs of headache ( "aura", such as "surf" the emergence of the field of vision or other sensory irritants) - are all symptoms are common in this type of headache. Headache lasts a few hours, usually, but long episodes may last up to three days.
Migraine with aura
3. Cluster headaches: NAVA type of headache is relatively rare (affects less than 1% of people), a pattern that only a headache, which affects more men than women. This headache as it happens in groups or clusters of long, lasts for weeks, even months, and interspersed with periods (variable length) without symptoms. This headache appears suddenly, causing a very severe pain, usually have united in its intensity, and continues a period ranging from a quarter of an hour to three hours. Have pain in one side, always, and usually it starts from the eye or temple area (but may start from anywhere else) and spreads quickly in all of this the same side. It is possible that this headache causes redness in the eye, tears, paler, Tarka and nasal congestion on the affected side. As it turns out that there are genetic factors, a family in the emergence of this disease, there is a weak relationship with drinking alcohol. But, still the cause of the headaches of this type unknown.
4. Over-medication (medication overuse): headaches caused by excessive use of drugs. The use of painkillers may lead, including medicines that can be obtained without a prescription, to this kind of headache. To reduce the risk of this headache, you are advised to:
Reducing the intake of narcotic drugs to the minimum possible, avoid fully addressed if this is possible.
Specify the use of triptan medications or a combination of aspirin, paracetamol and caffeine to less than 9 times a month.
Attempt to restrict the use of steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen to less than 15 times a month.
Not to use more than two days of paracetamol in the week.
Warning signs of the causes headaches
Every headache is a logical reason to see the doctor. However, there are certain signs raise suspicion and require the use of diagnostic tools and more "aggressive", such as invasive tests or tests that the patient's exposure to radiation (such as computerized tomography -CT). These signs increase fears that this headache is one of the symptoms of the disease poses a threat to life (as it is in a small minority of these cases), and calling for urgent go to see the doctor:
Headache that appears suddenly (within seconds or minutes) and cause pain severe is phenomenal.
Headache accompanied by fever, stiff neck (which makes bend head difficult, and even impossible).
When the pain associated with other symptoms such as changes in behavior, personality changes, changes in sensory, motor or cramps.
When the pain appears after exercise or injury (especially, head trauma).
The appearance of weakness, numbness of limbs and changes in vision.
It must be remembered that the headache is a disease in all respects, and are available to the doctor several diagnostic and therapeutic options. If you are suffering from headaches stop you from exercising your lives normally, see our doctor and avoid taking a lot of painkillers that can be obtained without a prescription. In addition to the health risk that has been caused by these medications, it addressed the excessively may cause additional pain Ras appearance.