In our daily life we frequently are victims of headaches. At times they are long lasting and at times they are short lived. Some last for few minutes while others accompany us for few days or can say even for months. But we hardly know which kind of headache are we suffering from. 

If considered, we will come to know that there are many kind of headaches. Few of them are as follows: - migraine where one side of the brain aches a lot, sinus, cluster headache which is quite rare but very painful, and so on. Amongst them one of the most common headaches in date is TENSION HEADACHE. The causes of migraine or cluster headache are not known. But there are many possible and obvious reasons for the occurrence of a tension headache.

 Nearly 85% of people throughout the world suffer from it. It is a scenario where the muscle around the skill contracts suddenly, which in turn avoids the blood flow to reach the brain. That is the reason why our head starts aching.

The symptoms of tension headache are many times misunderstood by that of migraine, because for a layman their many symptoms are overlapping. But both headaches i.e. migraine and tension headache are different from each other. There is a possibility that both might occur together to a person at the same time but they cannot be called same.

      In this case we feel a pressure band around our head. It is so b because the muscles surrounding the skull contracts as we take tension. This contracted muscle then avoids the blood circulation to reach the mind. Because of the stoppage of blood flow we feel our head spinning around. This is the procedure of tension headache.           

    There are many reasons to be blamed for the occurrence of such type of headaches. Stress, strains, over load of work is few of such reasons.  It is also reactive to the way in which we handle the stress and tensions in our daily life.          

   If these headaches occur occasionally then there is not much to worry about. A proper amount of rest and free mind can help in overcoming this problem. But if the attacks of tension headaches are frequent i.e. once in a day, or chronic attacks, or so then the seriousness of this problem should not be neglected. One must visit the doctor for proper treatment as there is no need for bearing unnecessary pains.

One should try to relax and listen to some good music and refresh his mind in order to free himself from the stress.  At times counseling can also be of good help. One should avoid taking drugs at the first instance. As they might at times leave a side effect.

           Thus tension headache is a part of normally everyones life. One cannot avoid taking tension in today s time and because of this tension headache is a special invitee in the present time. But one must not avoid consulting the doctor for the frequent occurrence of such headaches.

Thursday November 08, 2007|