Every person, young or old knows what a headache is like. Everybody experienced it at some point of there lives. Headache is a common symptom of an illness. It cannot be regarded solely as a disease entity because it can be one of the symptoms of a complex illness. When frequency and severity escalates, this is already considered as a medical condition termed as migraine. Causes of migraine are unique in each person.
Headaches can only be felt by the person who has it. It is only he who can describe the type of pain and intensity. This is the reason why studies about pain are difficult to conduct. Pain tolerance of every person varies and only few are brave enough to be subjects for medical studies about pain.
There are 6 usual migraine causes identified below. These are clustered in a manner where you can identify the source of the triggering factors easily. Try to know them to reveal how they act as a stimuli for migraines.
Foods – You might be wondering what are the foods that trigger headache. These foodstuffs are those with caffeine and tyramine. Caffeine is usually found in coffee and chocolates. Tyramine on the other hand can be found in dairy products like cheese, nuts, and processed goods. If you want to prevent recurrence of headache you can control intake of these stuffs.
Environment- You might notice when you are exposed to a hot temperature you feel light headed and pain starts in your head. Or if you are out on a noisy environment your hearing senses get to sensitive resulting to headaches. These are common responses of the body if out on an uncomfortable situation.
Behavior – Certain personality types can also be a triggering factor of migraine. A person who is too aggressive, perfectionist, and competitive can be prone to developing frequent headaches. This would result when he can’t handle too much stress and pressure.
History- Being genetically predisposed to migraine is one of the non-modifiable risk factors. You don’t have any means of changing the characteristics you inherited. If one of your parents had suffered migraine before, this can be a strong evidence you can have it also.
Disease – Brain tumor as well as aneurysm include headache as one of its symptoms. The longer you suffer from these conditions the longer you have to deal with headaches. The headaches are only secondary result of your primary medical problem.
Physiologic changes- Normal physiologic changes like puberty, menopause and aging are also contributory factors in developing migraine. Headache causes are brought about by the response of the body to these changes. Migraines are usually heightened as you reach the age 40 to 45. As you grow older, you are susceptible to almost all kinds of sickness.
Looking on the bright side, as you get older, frequency of migraines is also decreased. This can be considered as a gain for migraineurs. Incidence of migraine above the age 65 is decreased to 2-10%. As well as the intensity and severity is also lessened.
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