Contents:
- Medical Video: What Causes Morning Headaches?
- Causes of headaches when you wake up in the morning
- 1. Migraine
- 2. Lack of sleep
- 3. Wrong pillow
- 4. Stop drinking coffee
- 5. Serious conditions
Medical Video: What Causes Morning Headaches?
Headaches can occur at any time, including when you wake up in the morning. To find a cure, you must first know what caused it. There are many causes of headaches when you wake up.
Causes of headaches when you wake up in the morning
In general, headaches when you wake up in the morning are caused by dehydration after 7-8 falls asleep without water intake. Headaches after waking up can also occur due to a temporary drop in blood pressure because you change the position from lying down to a sitting position or even get up quickly and suddenly.
However, headaches in the morning can also be caused by:
1. Migraine
A migraine is a headache that usually starts on one side of the head, but can spread to affect both sides. The cause of mingrain is not yet known, but it is suspected that abnormal brain function affects nerve signals, chemicals, and blood vessels in the brain.
Migraine pain is often described as severe throbbing pain that can get worse when exposed to bright light, such as room lights or morning sunlight. Extreme weather changes from cold to hot, or vice versa, can also trigger symptoms of relapsing migraine Migraines can also be triggered by other conditions, such as a blocked nose due to a cold or flu.
Ibuprofen can help relieve migraine symptoms.
2. Lack of sleep
Sleep deprivation will increase stress hormones (cortisol and adrenaline) which can increase blood pressure and heart rate. Sleep deprivation also increases the amount of thyroid hormones in the body, causing an increase in blood pressure and a disruption of blood flow coming out of the heart. This causes the heart muscle to work harder than it should. In the end, all of these chain responses can cause headaches in the morning.
Some sleep disorders, such as insomnia, sleep apnea, and bruxism (the habit of cracking teeth during sleep) can also make it difficult for you to sleep well. This can further aggravate headache complaints when you wake up early.
3. Wrong pillow
Wrong pillow can cause neck pain and stiffness like it cannot be moved right or left. The pain can even spread to the shoulder. Wrong pillows can occur when your muscles are too tense so they are irritated or torn due to using a high pillow.
In addition, your neck and head may be held in the same position for a long time while you sleep. In general, complaints of neck pain will usually heal itself in a few days.
To work around this, use the right pillow to support your sleeping position. If your pillow is flat, replace it with a new one.
4. Stop drinking coffee
If you are used to drinking coffee regularly and suddenly stop drinking coffee, this can cause headaches after waking up.
Because the caffeine contained in coffee can stimulate the brain's nervous system to dilate blood vessels. Stopping caffeine intake suddenly will shrink the blood vessels in the brain. As a result, less blood flows from the heart to the brain, causing headaches.
The best way is to reduce the portion of coffee you consume for a day slowly in one or two weeks.
5. Serious conditions
If your headache complaint does not go away after treatment and is not caused by a variety of things above, maybe the cause is something more serious.
Brain cancer often causes severe ongoing headaches, especially in the morning. This is a result of an increase in brain pressure while lying in bed for a long time.
Then, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) also shows the same symptoms. COPD makes it difficult for you to breathe properly. As a result, carbon dioxide builds up in the body and flows into the brain (not oxygen). Intake of carbon dioxide can cause headaches.
In addition, low blood sugar levels at night experienced by diabetic patients can also cause headaches when you wake up in the morning.
Consult further with the doctor to find out the exact cause and the right treatment.
