Cephalgia

There is probably no disease that plagues humanity as much as cephalgia, or headache.

Today, no one is surprised by this pathology, which bothered even small children.

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Causes cephalgia

Most people are quite frivolous about moments of pain that "grab" the head, not considering them a disease. After all, it is enough to take a pill and everything will be fine. But do not forget that often cephalgia is just a consequence of another disease and untimely visit to the doctor can threaten not only the loss of precious time for treatment, but also, often, life. Even a slight headache indicates that there has been a failure in the body, and it would not hurt to establish its cause.

The causes of cephalgia are very different:

• Hypertension (high blood pressure).
• Trigeminal neuralgia.
• Severe strain on the visual organs.
• Nervous tension caused by psycho-emotional stress.
• Diabetes mellitus.
• Heart disease.
• Cervical osteochondrosis.
• Arteritis of the temporal region (damage to large and medium arteries of the entire body).
• High intracranial pressure.
• Various diseases of internal organs.
• Lack of sleep.
• Muscle tension disorder.
• Climate sensitivity.
• Unstable load.
• Drastic changes in food culture.
• The inability to relax accumulates both muscular and intellectual fatigue, which contributes to the development of cephalgia.
• Brain aneurysms are a localized enlargement of a blood vessel.
• Meningitis (inflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord).
• Head injuries.
• And many other reasons.

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Symptoms cephalgia

Depending on the etiology of the pain, the symptoms of cephalgia are quite similar and at the same time may differ. For example, the symptoms of cluster headaches are manifested by:

• drooping and swelling of the eyelids;
• acute reaction to sound and light manifestations;
• discharge from the eyes and nose;
• sweating in the forehead area;
• nausea and vomiting;
• irritability, agitation, anxiety;
• dilated pupils.

In this case, severe pain is felt behind or above one of the eyes.

Symptoms of cephalgia that should alert you and prompt you to immediately contact a specialist:

• Sharp, sudden pain that increases, often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Mood swings, mental disorders. All this may indicate a disease such as hemorrhagic stroke (also called "cerebral hemorrhage").
• If the pain intensifies during coughing or other overexertion, cerebral edema is possible.
• A sudden pain that is very strong and that you have not experienced before is a ruptured aneurysm.
• Pain after an injury may be a symptom of a brain hemorrhage.
• High temperature, tension in the muscles of the back of the head, together with cephalgia, can often indicate developing meningitis.
• Intense chronic headache in people over 50.
• Cephalgia, accompanied by confusion, amnesia, impaired coordination of movement and speech apparatus, disturbances in the visual apparatus, numbness and “pins and needles” felt in the limbs, may indicate a minor stroke in the brain.
• Painful pulsations in the frontal region and around the eyes, redness of the latter, the appearance of contrasting rings around a light source may indicate an acute form of glaucoma.
• The observed one-sided pain - this symptom may indicate temporal arteritis. As a consequence - blindness or stroke.
• A sudden throbbing pain in the area of the eyeballs may indicate a hemorrhage in the sinuses of one of the veins of the brain.

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Forms

The pathologies we are considering, united by one common symptom, have their niche in the International Classification of Diseases of the 10th revision. Cephalgia, and in fact, any pain that occurs in the head, belongs to group VI - Diseases of the nervous system and has the code designation G00-G99. And to the subgroup "Episodic and paroxysmal disorders" - (G40-G47). A finer gradation divides into categories:

• Migraine (code code - G43).
• G44 - a code for a group of diseases united by one name - Other symptoms of headache, except facial pain of atypical genesis (G50.1), headache NEC (R51), trigeminal neuralgia (G50.0):
  • "Histamine" headache syndrome. Designated by the code G44.0.
  • Vascular headache, not elsewhere classified. The code for this category of pathology is G44.1.
  • Tension headache. The medical code for this disease is G44.2.
  • Chronic post-traumatic headache. Disease code - G44.3.
  • Headache due to medication, not elsewhere classified. This pathology has the code - G44.4.
  • Another specified headache syndrome. The code designating this category of pathology is G44.8.

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Cephalgia syndrome

Today, cephalalgia syndrome is one of the most common symptoms of a wide range of diseases. The localization of headache and the etiology of its origin provide the classification of cephalalgia.

As a rule, this pathology is directly connected with the arterial system of the large circle of blood circulation, capturing scalp and brain tissue. Most often, the causes of the cephalgia syndrome are directly related to spasms or dilation of the arteries, the growth of hydrostatic pressure in them. Diseases of psychogenic etiology are the most common cause of long-lasting pain in the head.

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Vascular cephalgia

Vascular pain is one of the most common manifestations, the cause of which is a sharp expansion or narrowing of the blood arteries.

Our entire body is covered with a network of pain receptors, which, when irritated, transmit pain signals.

The most common vascular cephalgia is pain that occurs due to the expansion of the brain vessels due to the passage of more blood through them than normal, which is typical for arteries, but is absolutely not typical for vessels. The pain has a pulsating characteristic. The patient gets the impression that hammers are knocking inside the skull.

Such pain indicators are usually found in people suffering from vegetative-vascular dystonia, as well as hypertension (the patient suffers from persistent high blood pressure) or hypotension (on the contrary, low blood pressure).

There is also a venous headache, the etiology of which is associated with a combination of such signs as low tension of the muscle tissue of the walls of the canals and an increased volume of blood. This occurs due to the fact that the speed and volume of venous blood, which should "leave" the cranium, decrease.

The cause of vascular cephalgia can be both internal diseases of various genesis, and a common everyday situation: prolonged physical exertion when working with the head down; a tight shirt collar or tie, etc.

Vasomotor cephalgia

Based on clinical observations, it can be stated that the percentage of cases of cephalgia, called cluster or vasomotor type, as well as migraine, is quite high.

The symptoms of vasomotor cephalgia differ from the same migraine in that the pain is felt throughout the head – it is “taken as if in a vice”. At the same time, the intensity of the sensations can be defined as weak or medium. The pain is dull and pulling. Sometimes a person feels nausea, but it does not reach vomiting.

The main causes of vasomotor cephalgia include:

• Nicotine.
• Excessive muscle tension in the shoulder and neck area.
• Lack of rest.
• Stress.
• Hypodynamia.
• Abuse of medicinal drugs.
• And others.

Tension cephalgia

Muscle tension, which provokes pain (tension cephalgia), is perhaps the most annoying pathology, which can last from half an hour to a week, and once it becomes chronic, it practically does not go away.

According to the monitoring results, the cause of tension cephalgia is a prolonged contraction of the muscles of the neck-face-shoulders complex. Muscle spasms partially or completely block the blood flow, which leads to "oxygen starvation" of the brain and, accordingly, the accumulation of toxins, which provoke pain.

The symptoms of this pathology are dull, uniform pain, concentrated in the occipital region of the head. Gradually, it spreads to the entire cranium (a feeling of a tight hoop or hat appears). There are cases when the patient feels that not only the head itself hurts, but also the neck, shoulders, and skin.

In most cases, the pain goes away on its own, and only in chronic cases of the disease does medical intervention require.

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VSD with cephalgia

Vegetative-vascular dystonia - this phrase is increasingly heard both from the mouths of doctors and in TV advertising. The cause of VSD with cephalgia can be:

• Stressful situation.
• Heredity.
• Flu or cold-related illnesses.
• Chronic diseases of various origins.
• Traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.
• Pregnancy.
• Stagnant disturbances in blood flow (for example, after sleep).
• Climax.
• Overwork.
• Use of alcohol and drugs.

The manifestations of vegetative-vascular dystonia are quite diverse, since the autonomic nervous system affects almost all organs of the human body (breathing, the genitourinary system, the heart, and others). The symptoms of VSD with cephalgia can be:

• Fainting.
• Nausea.
• Dizziness.
• The emergence of anxiety and panic.
• Pressure surges.
• Swelling.
• Chills and temperature fluctuations from 35 to 38°C.
• Sweating.
• And others.

The pain is dull and squeezing, less often there is a feeling that the head is simply bursting from the inside. At high pressure, in addition to headache, there is also pain in the heart. In case of a "failure" of pressure, breathing problems arise, up to fainting.

Angiodystonic cephalgia

Clinical studies show that the cause of cephalalgia, in percentage terms, is most often high blood pressure (sometimes the tonometer figures show: systolic - 200-270 mm Hg, diastolic - 100-120 mm Hg). Doctors call this type of pathology - angiodystonic cephalalgia. In this case, the mechanism of pain sensations comes down to a greater than in a healthy state, deformation of the veins, while the cerebral vessels, on the contrary, narrow. Such deviations are quite dangerous for human health. Ignoring them can lead the patient to a heart attack, to a rupture of the retinal vessels, as well as to an outpouring of blood into the brain or a stroke.

In addition to high blood pressure, angiodystonic cephalgia can also develop as a result of eclampsia (a manifestation of late toxicosis during pregnancy), as well as malignant or benign neoplasms in the adrenal glands and an overdose of certain drugs.

Already in the morning, the patient feels a pulsating, quite strong pain, differentiating in the occipital region, in the temporal-frontal part of the skull or capturing the entire head. After some time, the cephalgia may weaken or pass completely, but resume with renewed vigor after active loads.

The main symptoms of this category of cephalgia include:

• Nausea, turning into vomiting spasms.
• Change of consciousness.
• Swelling of the soft tissues of the face.

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Cephalgia in children

A child is a small person and, like anyone else, he or she may have headaches from time to time. Such symptoms are provoked by various reasons.

Cephalgia in children can be caused by:

• Colds and infectious diseases.
• Severe fatigue and overexcitement.
• Allergic reaction to a food product.
• Hunger.
• High temperature.
• And others.

If any of these symptoms occur or if the child complains of pain, you should immediately contact your local pediatrician, who will examine the child, make a diagnosis and prescribe adequate treatment.

Chronic cephalgia

Constant headache – it would seem impossible to endure. But chronic cephalalgia, today, occurs in almost every second person complaining of this pathology. In most cases, it stems from tension cephalalgia or migraine.

It is impossible to say for sure what triggers its manifestation, but many doctors agree that chronic cephalgia is caused by stress, depressive states, and hormonal imbalance. Excessive consumption of various medications can also lead to such consequences.

The pain feels pressing, the attack lasts, if you do not take medicine, no more than four hours. But the pain can be repeated.

It is necessary to try to prevent the appearance of cephalgia in a chronic manifestation; it is worthwhile to contact a specialist as soon as possible, undergo an examination to establish the true cause of the pathology, only after that you can begin treatment.

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Persistent cephalgia

It is quite rare, but there are cases when the headache does not go away for a long time, even after taking analgesics. The pain is strong, constant, accompanied by all sorts of complications. This is persistent cephalgia, which requires an urgent comprehensive examination. Diagnostic methods for such a clinic include:

• Electroencephalography (measures the electrical activity of the brain).
• Continuous monitoring of blood pressure.
• Diagnostics of the fundus and pressure measurement.
• Head tomography.
• If necessary, a lumbar puncture (collection of cerebrospinal fluid) is prescribed.

Treatment for such a pathology should be based on the established cause.

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Cephalgia of unknown genesis

Headache – doctors hear such complaints quite often in their practice. It is not always possible to immediately and unambiguously state the cause of its occurrence: vascular spasms, infectious and cold diseases, stress and the effects of climate change, anatomical neoplasms, craniocerebral injuries and much more. All this can become an impetus for a pain symptom. Cephalgia of unclear genesis is not the best diagnosis.

Cephalgia can be graded into:

Frequently occurring headaches. The etiology of this symptom, in most cases, has vascular pathology. Such diseases include:

• Hypertension.
• Atherosclerosis of the cerebral vessels.
• Migraine.
• Glaucoma.
• Dental diseases.
• Osteochondrosis (metabolic disorder in the spinal discs).
• Arteritis of the temporal localization (inflammation of the joint).

Pathology that occurs with nausea, turning into vomiting spasms. The reasons for such a manifestation may be:

• Organic neoplasm of the adrenal gland.
• High intracranial pressure.
• Hypertension.
• Organics of the brain.
• Stroke (cerebral hemorrhage).

Pain that occurs in attacks:

• Pheochromocytoma (hormonally active tumor of the adrenal glands).
• Migraine.
• Hypertensive crisis (a sharp jump in blood pressure).

Night and morning pain. Such symptoms are typical for high intracranial pressure.

One-sided headache - this may be a symptom of migraine.

Cephalgia, the accompanying complications of which include loss of vision, the appearance of photophobia. These deviations can appear with migraine or hypertension.

Severe attacks of recurring one-sided pain. This symptom may indicate inflammation of the trigeminal nerve.

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Persistent cephalalgia

Persistent long-term pain (persistent cephalalgia). This manifestation can be a symptom of many diseases and the main manifestation of a depressive state in a patient. But before giving any specific recommendations, it is still worth consulting a doctor and establishing the cause of the pathology, since depression can be associated with many other diseases. For example, persistent cephalalgia also occurs in the case of an inflammatory process occurring in the brain membrane (meningitis).

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Venous cephalgia

As a consequence of changes in vegetative-vascular dystonia or in infectious-allergic vasculitis, there is a weakening of the tension of the walls of the venous channels, which leads to an excess of blood volumes that must pass through the venous channels. Under the pressure of the fluid, the intracranial veins stretch, causing the pain that a person experiences. This is what the clinical picture of this pathology looks like.

The patient feels a dull, bursting tension localized in the occipital part of the skull. The symptoms of venous cephalgia become more severe if a person works with his head down for a long time, as well as during physical exertion. A tightly tied tie or a shirt collar that is too tight can also cause increased pain.

Long-term venous hypotension is also characterized by enlargement of the fundus vein, swelling of the nasopharynx and soft tissues of the face, especially in the morning.

Venous cephalgia may also appear as a result of hemorrhological failures. In this case, the blood becomes "thicker", the elasticity of red blood cells is lost, which contributes to the growth of the coagulant activity of plasma. There is a violation of blood microcirculation and, as a result, a decrease in the speed of oxygen transport and its deficiency, the accumulation of toxins, which cause dull pain of varying intensity. Heaviness, ringing and noise appear in the head, the person becomes sleepy and lethargic.

Cluster headache

Cluster headache occurs predominantly in men (five out of six cases).

The pathology is accompanied by the following symptoms:

• The pain affects only one half of the skull.
• The pain is incredibly strong.
• Redness of the eye on the affected half of the head is observed.
• The pupil is constricted.
• The mucous membrane of the nasal canal on the side of the inflamed eye swells.
• The eyelid is slightly drooping.

In most diagnosed cases of cluster cephalgia (up to 90%), the disease manifested itself as follows. The pain rolled in periodically for four to six weeks, with a frequency of one to three attacks per day. The duration of the attacks themselves ranged from half an hour to two hours. After that, the disease did not manifest itself in any way for six months to a year. The age limit for this pathology is also visible from 20 to 60 - 65 years, after which cluster headaches, as a rule, no longer manifest themselves.

There are no clear causes that provoke this disease, but doctors associate it with smoking, stressful situations, eating "on the go", taking certain medications. The pain can be triggered by heat or, conversely, cold wind, a sharp change in climate zone, stressful exams and many other reasons.

Another sign of this type of cephalgia is the seasonality of its manifestations. Headache attacks can be "tied" either to a certain time of day (in most cases, this is due to the fact that hormonal activity varies throughout the day), or, often, attacks begin to bother in a certain period of the year (spring, autumn). If the frequency of pain increases, it is possible that the person has metabolic disorders in their medical history.

But the most important thing is that cluster headache always has fascicular vascular changes at its core, but does not carry pathological changes and does not lead to strokes and various vascular diseases.

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Orgasmic cephalgia

Sex is initially aimed at realizing a person's reproductive abilities, but doesn't it bring us psycho-emotional and physiological satisfaction? It, like regular running, is an excellent test not only of a person's physical health, but also of his psychological characteristics. If a person suffers from cephalalgia, which manifests itself under significant loads, then he can feel headaches both during and after sexual intercourse. These symptoms are united under the name - orgasmic cephalalgia and it reflects the period of pain occurrence, but not its cause.

Doctors name some aspects that provoke the symptoms discussed.

• Physiological compatibility of partners.
• Their psycho-emotional state at the time of coitus and after its completion.
• The level of ability of partners to withstand physical exertion.
• The presence or absence of cardiovascular pathology.
• Psychological comfort of the couple.
• The surrounding conditions of sexual intercourse.
• Biological age.

Orgasmic cephalalgia may manifest itself occasionally (not every sexual act), at a certain stage of sexual arousal, and may accompany every coitus. Based on the physiology of the process, it is possible to trace the mechanism of headache occurrence (here it is appropriate to focus on vascular, liquorodynamic cephalalgia and pathology of muscle tension).

During sexual intercourse:

• An increase in blood pressure is observed; in a healthy person, the systolic reading can reach 200 mm Hg.
• The striated muscles become tense.
• The heart rate and respiratory activity increase.
• The genitals are actively filled with blood.
• The work of secretory glands is activated.
• The blood supply to the mammary glands increases.

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Migraine cephalgia

Migraine is such a mysterious word, a disease that until recently "only aristocrats suffered from". Hemicrania is a special category of very severe pain, affecting half of the cranium or localized in a certain place. Migraine cephalalgia also occurs in small children. Clinical monitoring shows that women suffer from this pathology more often, but after 55-60 years of age, migraine usually stops bothering.

Migraine cephalgia is attributed to a vascular origin: periodic expansion and constriction of the brain vessels. The vegetative vascular system, which controls intracranial pressure, also plays a significant role in this. The immediate "provocateur" of pain in this case are the brain's nerve receptors.

It also remains undeniable that this pathology can be an acquired or hereditary disease.

Symptoms of migraine headache:

• Sudden nature of attacks.
• Dizziness and photophobia may occur.
• The pain is throbbing.
• Locality of its manifestation: one half of the skull, temple, eyes.
• Changes in taste and vision.
• Nausea leading to vomiting.
• Sweating increases.
• Numbness of the limbs.
• Muscle tissue cramps.

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Cephalgia of mixed genesis

Headache of one type ("in its pure form") is not always observed, there are often cases when, for example, vascular spasms with muscle tension are encountered. Such variants are referred to a pathology called - cephalgia of mixed genesis. The symptoms of most diseases are often headaches of mixed genesis.

For example, with meningitis, headache is associated with:

• Edema of the meninges.
• Pathology of vascular permeability.
• High intracranial pressure.
• Difficulties in the outflow of venous blood.
• Enlargement of the meningeal arteries.

In the above list, the symptoms of liquorodynamic and vasomotor cephalgia and tension pathology are visible. In this case, complex treatment is also necessary.

Post-traumatic headache

Often the cause of headaches is an injury received at work or at home.

Post-traumatic cephalgia is similar in its symptoms to migraine, but is characterized by more severe pain attacks and is very difficult to treat. Cases where the anamnesis includes a hematoma located in the deep layers of the brain (under its dura mater) are especially dangerous.

Symptoms of post-traumatic cephalgia:

• Convulsions and fainting are possible.
• Nausea leading to vomiting.
• Increased sensitivity to sounds and bright light.
• State of shock.
• Amnesia (memory loss).
• Insomnia.
• Drop in blood pressure.
• There may be problems with the speech apparatus and breathing.
• Increased heart rate.
• Decreased concentration.
• Weather dependence appears.

Many symptoms appear depending on the depth of the injury and the localization of the lesion. Pain symptoms of this genesis can last up to eight weeks. Particularly severe attacks are observed in the morning (in a sitting and standing position, when the patient is lying down, the pain is dulled).

Histamine cephalgia

Not so long ago, doctors brought out another category of pathology - histamine cephalgia. But today this terminology is considered incorrect. Since there is no confirmation of the influence of histamine on pain symptoms. Antihistamine drugs do not relieve attacks of cephalgia.

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Treatment cephalgia

The average person is slightly shocked by such a wide variety of reasons that can provoke pain manifestations. Hence, the treatment of cephalgia is somewhat different. But first, you should stop working and rest. Painkillers are taken - analgesics, for example, analgin, panadol, solpadeine.

Analgin. Take the tablet after meals. Adult dosage is 0.25-0.5 g two to three times a day, for children the dose is 5-10 mg per kilogram of the baby's weight, divided into three to four doses.

In case of severe pain, the drug is administered into a vein or muscle: adults - 1-2 ml of the drug two to three injections per day, but not more than 2 g per day. For children - 0.1 - 0.2 ml per 10 kg of the baby's weight (50% solution of the drug), if the concentration of the drug is lower - the dosage is increased accordingly.

It is not recommended to use analgin in case of hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, bleeding and bronchospasms.

To eliminate vascular pain, it is first necessary to normalize blood pressure.

For hypotension (low blood pressure) the following is usually prescribed:

Pantocrin. The drug is taken orally half an hour before meals (one to two tablets or 30 to 40 drops) two to three times a day. Or by subcutaneous injection - up to 2 ml per day. The course lasts two to three weeks. If necessary, after a ten-day break, it can be repeated.

The drug is not prescribed to patients suffering from atherosclerosis, angina pectoris, acute nephritis and rapidly clotting blood.

Eleutherococcus extract. Take 20-30 drops daily for a month half an hour before meals. Contraindicated for use in acute forms of infectious diseases.

For high blood pressure (hypertension) the following will help:

No-shpa. Take 0.04-0.08 g tablets two to three times a day. In case of intramuscular injections, 2-4 ml (2% solution).

Contraindicated in glaucoma and prostatic hypertrophy.

Curantil. For adults and children over 12 years old. The daily dosage is 75 to 225 mg (prescribed by a doctor), divided into three to six doses. When relieving spasms, the dose can be reduced to 25 to 50 mg.

In case of symptoms of vasomotor cephalgia and vegetative-vascular dystonia, it is possible to:

• Massage the temporal region.
• Walking is a good pain reliever.
• Place a cold, damp towel on your forehead.
• Try taking a contrast shower.
• Drink coffee with lemon added to it.

Also prescribed are such drugs as euphyllin, cavinton, caffeine, pentoxifylline. Diuretics such as furosemide, veroshpiron and others are also prescribed.

Psychotherapy and physiotherapy have a positive effect on the body:

• Contrast shower.
• Medicinal baths (pine, radon, salt, hydrogen sulphide and oxygen).
• Massage of the neck and shoulder area.

It is difficult to relieve the effects of cluster cephalgia, as its mechanism is not fully understood. Unfortunately, analgesics are not always able to help. It is worth trying imigran (sumatriptan), it may be more effective.

In acute migraine, adults are recommended to take 50 mg (if medically indicated - 100 mg). If the headache does not go away, you should not take Imigran again, but if the attack recurs, you can. The pain should go away within 15-20 minutes.

Sometimes it is enough to take a paracetamol (acetaminophen) tablet.

Paracetamol. Adults and children (weighing over 60 kg) take 0.5 g four times a day. The interval between doses is four to six hours. The daily dosage should not exceed 4 g.

For children aged 6 to 12 years – 0.25 – 0.5 g; from one to five years – 0.12 – 0.25 g; from three months to one year – 0.06 – 0.12 g; up to three months – 0.01 g per kilogram of the child’s weight. The dosage is divided into four doses at six-hour intervals.

When diagnosing tension headache, in addition to analgesics, taking into account the emotional state of the person, the doctor prescribes a short course of antidepressants (sertraline, aminotriptyline) in small doses.

Aminotriptyline. The drug is used during or after meals, the starting daily dose is 50-75 mg in two or three doses. Gradually, the dose increases by 25-50 mg (the effective daily dose is 150-200 mg). After a stable effect is achieved, the dose is reduced. The duration of treatment is two to four weeks.

Muscle relaxants are drugs with a relaxing effect: vecuronium bromide, dillacin, suxamethonium chloride.

Dillacin. The drug is administered intravenously at a calculated dose of 4-5 mg per kilogram of the patient's weight. If necessary, the next dose is administered at a 30-50% lower dose.

This medicine should be used with caution in case of kidney and liver diseases, myasthenia and individual intolerance to the drug.

Traditional medicine is also very effective in this matter. To get rid of some types of cephalgia, you can try our grandmothers' recipes.

• Warm mint tea and head compresses are excellent for relieving attacks.
• Lemon peel is applied to the temple area. The skin in this area turns red, but the pain goes away.
• Pour one glass of just boiled water over one glass of St. John's wort, let it brew. Drink in small doses throughout the day.
• A cabbage leaf is applied to the site of the pathology.
• Apply calendula tincture with a cotton swab behind the ear. Wrap a woolen scarf around your head and lie down. After a quarter of an hour, the symptoms of cephalgia should disappear.
• Hot foot baths, a mustard plaster on the calf muscle, or a heating pad on the shin will help lower blood pressure.
• Also, to reduce pressure, compresses are applied to the temple and soles of the feet from apple cider vinegar. Dissolve one or two tablespoons of vinegar in a liter of water, wet the gauze and apply.
• Beetroot juice with honey, currants, lemon with peel and sugar, and baked potatoes will also help with hypertension.
• Persistent cephalalgia can be relieved by a rich decoction of pears. Compresses on the head.
• With low blood pressure, it is sometimes enough to drink sweet strong tea or coffee, a small amount of dark chocolate.
• In case of minor hypotension, a slice of black salted bread can also help.

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Prevention

A lot in a person's life, including health, depends on his lifestyle. Therefore, in order to minimize headache attacks as much as possible, it is worth following some rules.

Prevention of cephalgia may include:

• Active lifestyle, move more (in the fresh air).
• Avoid stressful situations.
• Find time for relaxation and auto-training.
• Acupuncture.
• Relaxing breathing exercises.
• Do morning exercises to keep your spine in good shape.
• It is necessary to monitor your posture.
• Sleep at least six to eight hours a day.
• The night should be spent on a special orthopedic mattress and pillow.
• During the day, periodically perform a light massage or warm-up of the neck and shoulder area.
• Phototherapy.
• Strengthening immunity.
• Proper nutrition.
• Quitting smoking and drinking alcohol.

Headache is a modern scourge. Experts distinguish up to 150 types of this pain, but most of the population is somewhat superficial about its occurrence, believing that it is enough to take a pill, or it will go away on its own. But this is not correct. Cephalgia can be just a symptom of a more serious disease. Therefore, you should not tolerate it, consult a doctor and undergo an examination to determine the cause of its occurrence. Learn to relieve this pain and live to the fullest.

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Forecast

With timely and adequate treatment, the prognosis of cephalalgia in most patients is encouraging, leading to a clear therapeutic effect, but modern medicine cannot completely cure cephalalgia. Some of its varieties eventually stop bothering their "owner" on their own, while others have to coexist throughout life, having learned how to relieve them most effectively.

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