It should not be tolerated. And if the same symptoms recur, you need to see a doctor urgently. Why? Let's look at it clearly.1. Shingles headache
- Most often this is how tension headaches manifest themselves - muscle type pain (which is usually bilateral) first appears at any age, but more often in 25-30 years.
The sensation is usually pressing, constricting, as if the skull is being pulled down by an invisible hoop. This is the most common type of headache. It is accompanied by tension of the skull muscles.
Causes include:
1) emotional (anxiety, depression, stress and conflict situations in the family and at work);
Work and rest disorders (monotonous work or overload at work or study, lack of rest);
2) sleep disorders;
3) sexual problems which provoke headaches;
4) temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
Such pain may occur sporadically or every day for many months. Women are more often affected.
2. neck and occipital pain
- The reason here is the problems of the cervical spine, which, by the way, is often provoked by the forced position of the body for a long time, osteochondrosis and osteoarthritis, less often - neuralgia of the occipital nerve or text neck (reason: work at the computer, reading from mobile devices and so on).
It is important to correct the position of the neck and try to keep the posture.
Effective: acupuncture, trigger point massage, manual therapy, occipital nerve block.
3. pain at the temples and/or in the forehead, eye, or above the eye
- This is likely to be a throbbing, severe nagging pain which can be classified as migraine or migraine-like pain (depending on intensity, duration and cause). Associated symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, hypersensitivity to light, sounds and smells.
What is it? A migraine is a bout of intermittent headache accompanied by various neurological and autonomic symptoms. Women of childbearing age suffer more often.
The development of migraine is caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors. About two thirds of migraine cases are familial.
Use of medicines to prevent migraine attacks is indicated only in cases of frequent (2 or more per month) and severe attacks. The duration of treatment is several months in most cases.
Recommendations:
Avoid emotional and physical stress and hunger;
Find out what foods cause attacks (usually foods with a high content of biogenic amines (chocolate, cheese, red wine, walnuts, spinach, celery, liver, tuna);
lead a healthy lifestyle;
learn meditation, relaxation and biofeedback techniques.
4. Mental disorders and simulation
- Headache, like fatigue, can be a major complaint in patients with mental disorders. Psychogenic headache is seen in depression (including masked depression) and anxiety disorders.
Psychogenic headache is characterized by the fact that it is constant, usually bilateral, squeezing the forehead, temples for weeks and months. Patients often deny the presence of depression and anxiety, so the main role in the diagnosis of psychogenic headache plays a carefully collected anamnesis.
Mental disorders in headaches can develop secondarily: due to fear of a tumor or stroke. This fear is often expressed in the imposition of the doctor's opinion about the cause of the headache: "we must measure the pressure", "check the eyes" and conduct other examinations, if necessary.
5. Pain in the cheekbones and above the eyes
- This pain is indicated by trigeminal neuralgia.
The pain may be concentrated in the zygomatic bone, upper and lower jaw, and around the eye socket. The attacks occur spontaneously, many times a day, provoked by chewing, talking, shaving.
Cause: herpes zoster, hypothermia, nerve root compression.
Treatment - the appointment of antiepileptic drugs, analgesics, physiotherapy procedures, reflexotherapy, sometimes neurosurgical intervention.
Prevention of headaches:
1. Adequate sleep. Preferably, at least 8 hours.
2. Tempering (careful and gradual), contrast showers. These are all excellent exercises for the autonomic nervous system.
3. Physical activity. It is necessary to keep oneself in a tone, but not to overexert oneself.
4. Control your blood pressure. Headache is a particularly frequent companion of people with hypotension. Visit a cardiologist, monitor blood pressure, heart rhythm, and adjust the course of medications.
5. Avoid drafts and hypothermia as much as possible.
6. Massage. Its preventive course is useful for everyone from time to time. If you suffer from frequent headaches, special attention should be paid to the collar zone.
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