Headache and what to do with it

No wonder the headache, headache is called "MAIN". Remember, if your head does not want anything, thoughts, desires, plans disappear ... Man completely falls out of public life. I want to lick the windows, turn everything off and fall asleep ... I am convinced that the head at least once suffered from everyone, both men and women, but according to statistics, it often hurts just in the beautiful half of humanity.

About 80% of women, according to WHO data, suffer from headache at least once a month. What is the reason?

What causes the headache?

You can not believe it, but in just 20% of cases of headache, its cause is the head itself. In other 80% - pain in the head area is associated with pathological processes in other organs and systems.

WHO experts call the most common cause of headache, which is an intoxication of the body. Moreover, intoxication can be connected not only with poisoning by low-quality food products, but also with disorders of the digestive system (diseases of the liver, constipation, gastritis and other pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract).

The second most common reason is that osteochondrosis, especially in the cervical spine, is associated with overextension of the neck muscles. Pain may also cause long mis-positioning of the head while working (especially on a computer or phone), or during sleep.

The third reason - vegetative disorders that occur on the basis of hormonal disorders or hormonal rearrangements of the body and often begin from the adolescence.

But, if you often have a headache and doctors can not find the cause - try yourself to find a provocateur. Analyze what you ate before.

Often headaches are caused by the use of certain foods.

For example, the use of red wine, chocolate, hard cheese, and especially their combination makes headache more likely. All of these products contain biogenic amines, the most famous of which is histamine.

Glutamate sodium - a very harmful substance used in the production of sausages, canned food, is included in the composition of sauces, seasonings, chips, crackers and has the ability to accumulate and poison the body. Very often causes severe migraines.

In the form of dry breakfast, sweet fizzy drinks (Pepsi, Fanta and others), the chewing gum contains Aspartaem another provocateur headache.

So, if you can not determine the causes of your ill feeling, you will help "Diary of nutrition". By recording everything you've done and when you have a headache, you will eventually be able to find and remove those products that you are particularly sensitive to.