Talk about headaches. Doctors suggest six ways to stay away from headaches.
Headaches are on the rise and are becoming more and more serious. Liu Dong, a pain doctor at the second people's Hospital of Chengdu, has popularized his knowledge around those headaches. About 66% of the headache patients are migraines, which are characterized by paroxysmal, lateral, moderate and severe, pulsatile-like headaches. most of the patients have a misunderstanding of migraine and treat migraine as a symptom rather than a disease. it can effectively reduce the frequency and severity of migraine. Tension headache is a common headache caused by mental tension. The combination of psychological, physical and drug treatment should be used for tension headache. It is necessary to alleviate the tension and anxiety of patients as much as possible. In addition to mental tension, waiting for a long time can cause tension headache, can cause head muscle contraction and headache.
Due to weather changes, work pressure, irregular life and other reasons, headache is on the rise, becoming more and more serious, which brings great trouble to people. According to statistics, 30% of the outpatients in the pain department of Chengdu second people's Hospital are patients with various types of headaches, including white-collar workers with tension headaches, young adults with cluster headaches, middle-aged people with intractable migraines, and elderly people with cervicogenic headaches. Recently, Liu Dong, a pain doctor in Chengdu second people's Hospital, has popularized his knowledge around those headaches.
66% of headache patients have migraine, which usually lasts for 4 to 72 hours.
According to statistics, about 66% of headache patients suffer from migraines, and almost one in ten people suffer from migraines. It is characterized by paroxysmal, mostly unilateral, moderate and severe, pulsatile headache, which generally lasts for 4 to 72 hours, can be accompanied by symptoms of nausea and vomiting, aggravated by sound and light stimulation or daily activities, and relieved by quiet and rest. In addition to the headache itself, migraines can cause further damage.
Most of the patients have a misunderstanding of migraine, treating migraine as a symptom rather than a disease, and relieving it with painkillers when the attack is severe, which leads to the occurrence of drug abuse, and the patient's condition can not be improved. and it will aggravate the condition, produce drug dependence, and evolve into drug abuse headache. Thankfully, clinical experts say that as long as we establish a correct concept of disease prevention, improve living habits, and carry out preventive treatment with drugs with definite efficacy and few adverse reactions, we can effectively reduce the frequency and severity of migraine attacks and reduce brain function damage.
Tension headache = "urban disease"
Tension headache is a common headache caused by mental tension, and it is also a modern "urban disease". More than half of the headache patients can be classified as this type. Its occurrence is related to long-term mental tension, excessive use of the brain, working too long at a desk, or anxiety, excessive fatigue, and so on. This kind of headache is mostly the pain of the whole head, the top of the head looks like being oppressed by heavy objects, and there is a feeling of tight band and so on. Sometimes, the pain can spread to the neck and shoulders. If it is not properly handled, the headache will last for years and continuously, which will have a great impact on the normal life of the patients.
The combination of psychological, physical and drug treatment should be used for tension headache. To alleviate the tension and anxiety of patients as much as possible, massage, physiotherapy or local nerve block should be used. In addition, in addition to mental tension, waiting for too long can cause tension headache, myopia, farsightedness, astigmatism and other eye muscle fatigue, or ears, nasal cavity and other inflammation, can cause head muscle contraction and headache, these should be paid attention to.
The incidence of cervicogenic headache has increased significantly.
Cervicogenic headache is a headache caused by organic lesions or functional pathological lesions of cervical vertebrae or neck soft tissue, often accompanied by neck pain and stiffness. When the head and neck moves or is in a certain posture, it may induce a headache or aggravate a headache. It can be seen that there are obvious tenderness points in the neck and occipital during the examination, which can cause headache symptoms to aggravate during compression. At present, home computers are very popular, and many people stay at the computer for a long time to bow their heads to work, study or play, resulting in a significant increase in the incidence of cervicogenic headache, especially the increasing number of outpatient cases, many of which are young and middle-aged patients, which is worthy of attention. People should not stay by the computer all the time, let alone bow their heads for a long time. Generally stay at the computer for an hour or so, stand up and move for 10 to 15 minutes, and try to raise your head and massage the neck for a few minutes to improve local blood circulation and ease neck tension. Cervicogenic pain should also be treated for cervical lesions to solve the root causes of pain.
Six ways to stay away from headaches
As many factors can induce headaches, pay attention to avoid the invasion of some factors to the body in daily life, which can prevent headache attacks to a certain extent. Liu Dong said that through the following ways, we may be able to stay away from headaches: first, regular daily life, lack of sleep or excessive fatigue will induce or aggravate migraine pain, so we should pay attention to regular life and the combination of work and rest. proper physical exercise are all important preventive measures. Too little or too much sleep can cause headaches.
The second is to maintain a good environment, working and living in a closed space is easy to feel a headache, which has a lot to do with the lack of flowing fresh air. Chemicals, pollutants (such as asbestos), toxic substances in heating or air-conditioning systems, chemical air fresheners, insecticide and cigarette smoke can all stay in the building, which can be the cause of headaches. You can open the window to get some air. If possible, it is best to go for a walk where there is greening.
Third, pay attention to diet, some foods may induce or aggravate migraine, such as alcoholic, caffeinated beverages; cured meat such as sausage, ham, etc.; foods containing more monosodium glutamate; ice cream, etc., should be avoided as far as possible. Headaches are also associated with smoking, and the higher the nicotine content of smoke, the more frequent headaches occur. Wuhua tea and Qingbuliang are helpful to relieve headaches.
Fourth, don't "grovel". Maybe you never care about your sitting posture. In fact, there are many cases where headaches or headaches get worse because of poor sitting posture. If you can raise your head so that your head is basically in line with your body, the muscles of all parts of your body will not get tired easily. The best solution is to change your posture frequently, take a break of 3-5 minutes every 45 minutes or so, and rest your eyes for 5 minutes an hour. It's best to look out into the distance, even if it's just a glass of water and a little exercise in the office.
Fifth, get rid of negative emotions. The accumulation of anger or disappointment can cause headaches. If this is the cause of your headache, you should find a way to vent or go out for a walk and untie your heart. Migraine is closely related to mental factors. People who are stressed at work for a long time and whose psychological pressure cannot be relieved are easy to get migraine and should learn to self-regulate and recuperate.
Sixth, do not "press" a headache. When you feel anxious, stressed, nervous, tired, or constipated, you will have a headache from time to time. If you can spread out the stress, keep the busy hours from being too busy, take advantage of all the available space for entertainment, and don't be too idle in your spare time, it will certainly help you avoid headaches.
Liu Dong reminded that many people have experienced headaches, and because headaches are too common, many people do not pay enough attention to them. In fact, some headaches are caused by serious diseases. We should not take these headaches lightly and we must be vigilant. For those patients with frequent seizures (more than 2 seizures per month) or more severe seizures, it is best to go to the hospital for formal treatment as soon as possible, which can effectively reduce the frequency of seizures, reduce the degree of seizures and reduce the damage of brain function.