Contents:
- Medical Video: TMJ and Myofascial Pain Syndrome, Animation.
- 1. Relax after stress
- 2. Submitting anger
- 3. Using perfume
- 4. Chewing gum
- 5. Deal with light
- 6. Exposed to bad weather
- 7. Having sex
- 8. Eat certain foods
- 9. Talk on the phone in the wrong way
- 10. Exercise without heating
- 11. Eat ice cream
- 12. Poor posture
- 13. Having excess weight
- 14. Your bag is too heavy
Medical Video: TMJ and Myofascial Pain Syndrome, Animation.
Did you know that not only fever, flu, and stress can cause headaches? Maybe you have experienced dizziness without knowing the cause. Actually, there are more than 10 kinds of factors that cause headaches. Anything?
1. Relax after stress
When you move for approximately 10 hours from Monday to Friday, you feel your body is healthy, but after resting on Saturday you experience an unbearable headache. How come? This is caused by stress hormones, due to the tension experienced from Monday to Friday suddenly decreases. This triggers the rapid release of neurotransmitters (carriers of chemical signals to the brain) which cause narrow blood vessels to suddenly enlarge. That's what causes pain in your head.
2. Submitting anger
When you are angry, the muscles behind your neck and scalp will tighten. This will cause a sensation to the head like wearing a very tight head tie. This is a sign of headaches when the muscles tighten.
3. Using perfume
For some people, fragrant scent does not have a negative effect. But for people who have a bad reaction to sound, light, and smell, a pungent perfume and other pungent odors such as fragrance on household appliances can cause headaches.
4. Chewing gum
Repeated chewing movements can cause headaches. But, more surprisingly, the main ingredients of gum, such as aspartame, can cause sudden headaches. These artificial sweeteners are commonly found in popular sugar-free gum. This material can also trigger a variety of serious health problems. Therefore, we must be careful when choosing gum.
5. Deal with light
If you spend most of your time in front of a computer screen, under fluorescent lighting, or in the sun, the light reflection can affect certain cells in the eye which will trigger headaches.
6. Exposed to bad weather
If you are prone to headaches, high humidity, increased temperature, and heavy rain and storms can also cause you headaches. Changes in pressure that cause weather changes are thought to trigger changes in chemical compounds and electrical compounds in the brain, and can interfere with nerves that lead to headaches.
7. Having sex
Many men and women experience headaches when they are at the peak of passion. Doctors think that sexual headaches are caused by pressure on the head and neck muscles. Sexual headaches can occur during foreplay or for a moment and before orgasm. This can last for several minutes for up to 1 hour.
8. Eat certain foods
Cheese, turkey, and dark chocolate (dark chocolate) makes it possible to cause headaches. All these foods contain chemicals that can cause migraines. Other foods such as processed meat and fish can also cause headaches.
9. Talk on the phone in the wrong way
Holding the phone between the ear and shoulder for long-lasting conversations can cause tension in your neck resulting in a headache. Use headset or earphone if possible.
10. Exercise without heating
Warming up before exercising not only helps protect your muscles, but also provides an opportunity for the brain to adjust to increased adrenaline. Avoiding headaches by stretching for 5-10 minutes can be the right solution.
11. Eat ice cream
If you have ever felt a sharp pain in your forehead when eating ice cream, then you are sensitive to cold food. Headaches can occur due to cold material moving on the roof of the mouth and back of your throat. Besides ice cream, other cold foods and drinks can cause the same effect.
12. Poor posture
Poor posture can cause tension in the upper back, neck, and shoulders which can cause headaches. Usually the symptoms are pain in the skull base.
13. Having excess weight
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that someone who is obese has 2 times more headaches than people who have a healthy weight.
14. Your bag is too heavy
If the weight of the bag you are carrying exceeds 4 kg, this can increase tension in the neck and cause headaches. Lightening the load in a bag or dividing two loads will be an effective solution.
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