More about weather related headaches
Posted on: 02/Mar/2016 2:40:49 PM
Experts have said that there is a link between changing weather and headaches or migraine attacks. The headache is the body`s way of sending a signal that it is undergoing stress due to changes in environmental conditions. These could include changes in temperature, humidity, altitude and change in barometric pressures trigger headache. The changes may cause a chemical imbalance in the body, triggering the headaches, while determining the severity of the attack as well.
Some people experience other symptoms along with the headache. These include fever, neck stiffness, loss of consciousness, weakness, change in vision, vomiting and dizziness. Says a consultant physician in a leading city hospital, Persistent headaches are found to cause fatigue, sleep problems and increase in blood pressure. Headaches cause physical changes and the mind suffers from anxiety, restlessness, irritability, lack of focus, sadness and depression. When there are sudden changes in the environment, there is very little prevention mechanism available in the human body. Hence, patients with regular complaints of headaches due to environment are advised to slow down their activities.
It has been concluded by experts that stress related headaches are more common during the summer, and more prolonged during the rainy season. A senior neurophysician says, Hot blood, bright sunlight, monotonous weather and dehydration during summer are important reasons for migraine. Migraine sufferers have a genetic defect in them which, along with environmental factors, leads to increased chemical and neural actively in small brain, trigeminal nerve complex, which, in turn, leads to headache. So environmental changes outside free body like weather, sound, noise, work pressure etc and internal factors like mental stress, worries, fever, diarrhoea can also lead to headache.
Some of the weather triggers include changes in humidity, changes in temperature, storms, extremely dry conditions and dusty environment. Other triggers may include intense odours, bright or flickering lights, smoke, altitude changes and high winds.
