Contents:
- Medical Video: Migraine? Chronic Sinusitis, Dizziness, Ear/Eye Pain/Pressure, Abnormal Hearing/Smell/Taste/Touch
- Does it feel normal to have a headache every day?
- Headaches every day, what's the cause?
- What should be done to get rid of headaches that come every day?
Medical Video: Migraine? Chronic Sinusitis, Dizziness, Ear/Eye Pain/Pressure, Abnormal Hearing/Smell/Taste/Touch
Everyone must have felt a headache. Yes, headaches are a common symptom that can occur due to a variety of conditions, for example when you drink less or eat, these symptoms will immediately attack. But what if headaches are felt every day? Have you ever felt it?
Does it feel normal to have a headache every day?
Even though headaches are a fairly mild symptom, if you feel headaches every day of course it's not normal. If you feel headaches every day, at least 15 consecutive days or more in a month, then you can be considered experiencing chronic headaches. This condition can even last for months, at least 3 months.
This type of daily headache can be in any form, whether it's a headache or in the entire head. In addition, the level of intensity also varies every day, it could be that today your head feels very painful and the next day the pain decreases. However, the headache is always there, every day.
In one day, the duration of headaches that are felt also varies. Can last for quite a long time or even for a while - less than four hours. This condition is called primary headache.
Headaches every day, what's the cause?
Types of primary headaches that have not been known to date. Even some experts state that this condition can occur suddenly in people who have no history of any disease.
Meanwhile, if you do not experience a primary headache disorder, but feel headaches every day, then the symptoms of pain that you feel every day can be caused by several conditions as follows:
- Changes in pressure or volume in fluid in the spine. This usually occurs when a person takes action on spinal fluid.
- Meningitis, which is a viral infection that attacks the lining of the brain and spine, causes symptoms of headaches every day.
- Head injury. Daily headaches can occur if you have a history of head injury.
- Blood clots in the brain, including strokes.
- Brain tumors, one of the symptoms is characterized by headaches.
Usually these medical conditions also cause several symptoms besides headaches, such as fatigue or decreased cognitive function.
What should be done to get rid of headaches that come every day?
If you feel a headache every day, your doctor will give you some medications that are intended to reduce the pain you feel. but to find out which drugs can be effective in dealing with your daily headaches, doctors usually try several types of drugs, to find a drug that suits you.
Some drugs given to people who experience daily headaches are:
- Antidepressant medication, including fluoxetine (Prozac), fluvoxamine (Luvox), paroxetine (Paxil), and sertraline (Zoloft).
- Migraine medicine, triptans. Examples are almotriptan (Axert), frovatriptan (Frova), sumatriptan (Imitrex), and zolmitriptan (Zomig).
- Painkillers, NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). Examples are aspirin, celecoxib (Celebrex), diclofenac (Voltaren), ibuprofen, and naproxennaproxen.
To find out if you do experience primary daily headaches or headaches due to other conditions, then you should immediately consult a doctor.
