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Some Diseases That Induce Headaches - Part 1 |
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Depression
Here
is a fact: If you suffer from depression or anxiety, you are likely to
wake up with a headache.
And women are twice as
likely as men to experience depression. Headaches and depression are
basically complementary to each other. Usually patients who are under
depression complain of headaches and vice-versa. Such patients not only
experience a headache but also mood disorders.
In these cases
antidepressants are prescribed to patients because it is seen that this
can treat symptoms of both the disorders. Aromatherapy has also been
found to be quite effective in patients with this disorder.
It is
quite a distressing condition because other problems like chronic pain,
anxiety and sleep disorder also become the common accompaniments.
Due
to the increasingly hectic lifestyles, a large section of the population
is coming under the influence of anemia, hypertension, hypoglycemia and
depression and is consequently facing headaches.
The
only way to protect yourself from these headaches is to stay away from
these diseases as much as possible.
Hypertension
Another
disease that can lead to headaches is the ‘silent killer’, hypertension.
It can also be a major cause of heart attacks and strokes.
High
blood pressure is usually not manifested in headaches. But when it
shoots up abnormally (up to 200/110) that is when it can lead to a
severe headache. This headache in turn can also force the blood pressure
to rise.
Some high blood pressure medications may cause headaches
whereas others like beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers reduce
headaches. Patients with poorly controlled high blood pressure should be
careful while taking triptans.
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