Suffering from Chronic, Frequent Headaches? Know 5 Alarming Health Risks That May Cause It

Having a headache in today’s times is very common in today’s life when there is no time to eat properly, exercise, have a lot of stress, and sit in front of screens for hours. According to experts, the main symptom of a headache is pain in your head or face—depending on what type of headache you have. While most headaches are not too dangerous, many types can be a sign of a serious underlying condition.

While the standard and cause of a headache also depend on age, it is not the same for children to have debilitating pain as compared to adults. A few worrying reasons can be:

If you have high blood pressure, your headache will typically occur on both sides of the head. The headache pain would be pulsating and get worse with any kind of physical activity. Experts say high blood pressure causes headaches because it affects the blood-brain barrier.

In very severe cases, when blood pressure is extremely high, hypertension results in excess pressure on the brain, which leads to blood leaking from the blood vessels, which causes edema or swelling. The swelling puts further pressure on the brain, leading to symptoms like headache, dizziness, nausea, confusion, weakness, seizures, and even blurred vision.

Heightened stress is a common cause of headaches, especially tension headaches and migraines. Doctors say stress also makes other types of headaches worse.

If you have a sudden and severe headache that occurs with fever, stiff neck, rash, confusion, seizure, double vision, weakness, numbness, or trouble speaking, it is known as a tension headache, which may get worse if not treated immediately.

A few triggers of tension headaches include alcohol usage, too much caffeine, excessive smoking, sleep deprivation, fatigue, or overexertion—all of which can be due to stress.

Indigestion or acid reflux mostly occurs due to the gut-brain axis. According to experts, the muscles and abdominal structure that help keep the lower esophageal sphincter closed become spread apart due to digestive issues, allowing the sphincter muscle to open more easily, leading to acid reflux.

Studies say many gastrointestinal conditions are associated with headaches, which include:

• GERD
• Dyspepsia
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Inflammatory bowel syndrome
• Peptic ulcer disease

A significant association has also been found between H. pylori or Helicobacter pylori bacterial infection and headaches.

Many times, headache and migraine sufferers often wonder whether their eyes might be the cause. Doctors believe that our digital dependencies can lead to plenty of eye strain—apart from reading or driving.

Eye strain causes severe headaches, apart from dry eye, injury, degenerative eye disease, uncorrected nearsightedness and farsightedness, and eye infection. Many people also develop myopia or nearsightedness, or metropia or longsightedness, leading to frequent but dull headaches.

You can have severe headaches if a growing brain tumour presses on healthy cells around it. Doctors say the tumour can also cause swelling in your brain due to increased pressure in the head. Headache pain caused by brain tumours is often worse when you wake up in the morning.

According to experts, the frontal lobes are in the front of the brain, controlling your thinking and movement. And if there is a tumour, these lobes can lead to balance problems and walking issues, along with personality changes like forgetfulness and a lack of interest in usual activities.

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