Medicine and Health related Information

1. People usually think patients with recurrent headaches do have psychological problems. Let me tell you this is totally untrue. Headaches occur due to some bio-chemical changes in the brain. Psychological stress results in release of chemical substance and these substances may lead to headaches. However psychological problems usually do not cause headaches.

2. One of the common misconceptions is there is no cure for recurrent headaches and people should be habituated and have to learn to live with pain. The clarification for this is as follows- Headaches may not be cured forever. Most people can reduce pain and the disability of headaches through proper medical care., changes in the life styles and relaxation techniques.

3. One more misconception regarding recurrent headaches is people say they are not serious and they do not require any treatment. Remember most headaches do not cause death but adversely affect the quality of life. People need to manage frequent episodes of headaches to prevent strain on the family life and career opportunities.

4. Misconception- Only treatment of headache is taking medicines during pains.

    Clarification- Remember medicines can reduce the pain during an episode of headache but they always cannot prevent recurrent headaches. It is necessary to adopt healthy life-styles for managing the headaches.

5. Misconception- More frequent the headaches, there is more likely are the chances of serious brain disorders.

    Clarification- Totally untrue. In fact the opposite is true. The biggest threat is from sudden, severe and unusual headaches that are dangerous and indicate some serious diseases.

6. Misconception- All severe headaches are migraine

    Clarification- This is not always true. Migraine is a specific disease of the nervous system which produces one sided headache, and is accompanied by other symptoms also.

7. Misconception – High blood pressure is one of the common causes of headaches.

   Clarification- Untrue. Very few people with high blood pressure complain of recurrent headaches.

 At last I would just like to say that don’t jump to any conclusion for headache before consulting any doctor. Let me tell you all headaches are not very serious and does not cause brain disorder. Serious headaches are only 1% of all headaches and one should not worry about developing serious diseases such as brain tumor.