I have a bad headache. Can drinking coffee relieve it?

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There are many causes and types of headaches. The same thing is that the pain is fatal, but painkillers or cold syrup are not good ways to solve headaches! When having a headache, how to relieve quickly, the doctor has a step!

To relieve headaches as soon as possible, try coffee.

To relieve headaches as soon as possible, try coffee.

Everyone must have had migraine experience, how to solve it at this time? The most common is to take painkillers or cold syrup, but Dr. Sun Yuanting points out that this way, not only easy addiction, high doses can also hurt the kidneys, and may even trigger another more difficult headache problem, suggest that acute patients may wish to drink a cup of coffee, but also help relieve headaches.

Migraine is not fatal, pain is unbearable

A Mr. Wu began to suffer from pulse-beating headaches in high school, nausea and vomiting in severe cases, but he recovered after a sleep. However, as he grew older and worked harder, his headaches became more and more serious. He had to take painkillers almost every day to work, but even after taking five or six pills a day, his condition did not improve.

Dr. Sun Yuanting, a neurologist at National Cheng Kung University Hospital, points out that Mr. Wu's migraine problem is very common among primary headaches. Although it is not fatal, it seriously affects the quality of life. It is characterized by repeated attacks that last for 4- 72 hours. The pain is biased to one side, such as pulse throbbing pain. Shaking his head, walking, and climbing stairs will aggravate the headache. He will also have nausea, vomiting, photophobia, or phobia. Usually before menstruation, when blowing cold wind, smelling certain smells, and insufficient sleep, etc., Migraine symptoms.

Dr. Sun said that there are many causes of headache, and the classification is also very complex, usually divided into 14 categories, nearly 200 kinds of diagnosis; the characteristic is that "only the patient knows how to pain", so the diagnosis and treatment focus on the history, including the nature of headache (such as dull pain or pulse-like throbbing pain), location, duration, triggering factors, etc.

Headache attack, many people buy painkillers or cold syrup to take, some people 2 or 3 bottles a day, a drink for decades, Dr. Sun said, painkillers or cold syrup or temporary pain relief, but a long time or no effect, and cold syrup contains "codeine" and other ingredients, easy addiction, too high dose will also hurt the kidneys, even induce another more difficult headache problem.

Caffeine has a calming effect.

Sun Yuanting doctor said, Migraine has its special medicine, Dosage also has upper limit and contraindication, Should be prescribed by doctors, Usually divided into acute treatment and preventive treatment, Preventive treatment focuses on reducing attack frequency and severity, Reduce patients 'dependence on painkillers, More than 90% of patients can be cured, Average course of treatment takes about 2 months to half a year.

As for acute treatment, the aim is to stop the headache as soon as possible. Patients who usually take medicine indiscriminately may wish to drink coffee instead, as long as 30CC is effective, because caffeine has a calming effect, clinical evidence really helps relieve pain, Dr. Sun suggests that when migraine attacks frequently, in addition to seeking medical treatment, you should also adjust your life, avoid possible migraine factors, such as staying up late, tiredness, drinking, etc.