6 unexpected causes of headache
6 unexpected causes of headache
When your head hurts at work, it is even to some extent natural and not offensive. But when she starts to get sick at a concert or on vacation, it upsets quite a bit. We all know that migraine triggers are stress, bright light and wine, but there are also much less obvious causes of a headache.
1. MATERIAL CHEESE
It is still unclear why they cause migraines, but tyramine, a substance found in aged cheeses, can become a trigger for a headache. Fortunately, their use does not guarantee that it will be followed by a migraine. It is likely that the pleasure of taste will be stronger.
2. TRAVEL AND CHANGE OF TIME ZONES
A long-awaited vacation at sea, a meeting with friends or just a trip is sometimes overshadowed by the fact that suddenly a headache begins to hurt. No matter what class and airline you fly, the pressure in the cabin causes the vessels to expand, and all this, together with the noise and stress from taking off and landing, can become a headache trigger.
Especially often, a headache occurs in the first days of travel. If you have already encountered this, it will not be out of place the next time, going to a mountain resort or distant islands, to know in advance not only the temperature of the air and water, but also the atmospheric pressure - it can significantly differ from what you are used to.
3. CAPERS, CAVIAR, SHRIMPS AND SEAFOOD
Everything that we love local cuisine for traveling turns out to be either salty or well-done and spiced with a lot of pepper and spices. Salty foods directly affect pressure. It increases the amount of sodium in the blood and prevents the kidneys from eliminating water. The body responds by increasing the pressure, and it in turn creates all the conditions for migraines, especially for those who have experienced them before, explains Ilan Danan, a neurologist at the Center for Sports Neurology in Los Angeles.
4. SATURATED SOCIAL LIFE
Sitting in the coffee house during dinner and long feasts is, of course, pleasant, but all this is by no means about regular meals. If you skip a meal, the blood glucose level drops, and this is another reason for a headache.
5. WEATHER CHANGE
With weather changes, atmospheric pressure changes for the better, and if this happens abruptly, one should not be surprised at a headache. At times when the atmospheric cyclone brings warming, our body reacts to weather fluctuations, and as a result, migraines often occur.
6. HORMONAL BIRTH-GIVEN TABLETS
The ability to control the onset of pregnancy in this series was not accidental: in women, headaches are often directly related to a drop in estrogen levels in the body, says Brinder Vij, Deputy Director of the Head and Facial Pain Center at the University of Cincinnati.
Does all this mean that we should travel less, abandon gatherings with friends and favorite products? Of course not. But, knowing that all these seemingly harmless factors can become migraine triggers, we can better plan our free time. Forewarned is forearmed.