Up to 8% of preschool children and almost 80% of school-age children complain of headaches. The disease is not uncommon in newborns who cannot explain the complaint in words, but there is excessive tearfulness, excitability, regurgitation, and sleep disturbance. The head is completely riddled with pain receptors, which are somehow interconnected with all other internal organs. It is cephalgia (pain in the head) that occurs against the background of irritation of these receptors and the reasons for this can be different: organic, functional, hereditary, various pathologies in the internal organs.
Primary pain
A common cause of pain in the head area that is not associated with diseases is migraine, the development of which is facilitated by impaired blood supply to the brain. The disease can appear in schoolchildren when emotional or physical stress occurs, also after eating certain foods (cheese, chocolate), overwork, or changes in atmospheric pressure. Migraine in a child often has a hereditary factor if close relatives suffered from the disease. It manifests itself in attacks; in children under 2 years of age, lethargy, tearfulness, decreased appetite, possible blurred vision, and the appearance of goosebumps (shadows) before the eyes are noted. The pain intensifies with sudden movements of the head, inhalation of strong odors, flashes of bright light. Analgesic tablets practically do not help.
The causes of headaches are often infectious in nature, which may indicate the development of pneumonia, ARVI, inflammatory processes in the kidneys, nervous system, and gastrointestinal tract.
Illness in a child often occurs due to depression, oxygen starvation or asphyxia of the brain, poor nutrition, long or short sleep, physical or emotional fatigue during the day.
How to get rid of such feelings?
To bring the condition back to normal, it is recommended to adhere to the following rules:
- Sleep at the same time. Fatigue and drowsiness can be caused by lack of sleep, which means establishing a proper sleep schedule is the best way to combat the problem. In order for the body to function well during the day, an adult needs to sleep up to 8 hours a day. Create a schedule according to which you will rest every day. Try to keep the bedroom dark and noise-free. This will help you fall asleep faster. In addition, you can read a book for no more than 20 minutes or do relaxing stretching using a yoga exercise system. Don't spend too much time in front of the TV or computer monitor.
Follow the regime to normalize the condition
- Washing with cold water. Every time you feel sleepy, rinse your face with water. Changing the temperature will improve your energy levels and mental focus. Another effective way is a cold shower, and it also improves blood circulation.
- Green tea in the morning. This drink will help you stay alert for several hours and relieve drowsiness.
It is also effective in combating fatigue and stress, and the polyphenols contained in it help improve sleep
- Lemon water. This is another effective way. A hydrated natural drink will help keep the body toned and remove toxins from the body. It is recommended to drink water with lemon in the morning on an empty stomach and a couple of glasses in the afternoon. To make lemon water, simply squeeze the juice of half a lemon and mix it with warm water.
- Eating foods rich in Omega -3. They not only improve sleep, but also strengthen the immune system and affect brain function. Omega-3 is found in the following foods: fatty fish, nuts, flax seeds, canola oil, peanut oil, eggs, soy.
Use Omega-3 to normalize your condition.
The condition of our body depends on a number of factors. Drowsiness and fatigue can be easily eliminated if you get rid of the original source. If this does not help, we may be talking about a dangerous disease. Therefore, you should not ignore these symptoms; it is better to eliminate them in a timely manner so as not to cause irreparable harm to the body.
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Features of pain in children
Attacks of pain last less than in adults. The head is often localized on both sides, usually accompanied by nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and abdominal pain.
According to the classification, primary and secondary cephalgia are distinguished. The causes of pain in primary cephalgia, as a rule, are not associated with infectious diseases, more often they have a hereditary factor or occur against the background of overstrain, dilatation of cerebral vessels. The occurrence of sharp, painful, throbbing pain in a child with a diffuse bilateral nature, accompanied by attacks of nausea, vomiting and photophobia, can be facilitated by:
• migraine, often occurring against the background of insomnia, the onset of menstruation or changes in hormonal levels in teenage girls, drinking alcohol or smoking, emotional stress, mental (physical) stress;
• overexertion (a common cause in children), when prolonged attacks occur due to strong contractions of the brain vessels, squeezing like a “helmet” on the head. The disease is promoted by ordinary overwork, stress, long periods of sitting in a “sitting” position at a desk without moving, at the computer;
• cluster paroxysmal pains, usually of a drilling, unilateral nature, radiating to the temples and to the eyes. Children (especially boys) experience lacrimation, increased sweating, constriction of the pupil and drooping of the upper eyelid due to pain.
Why does my head hurt in the morning?
Often headaches in children are not associated with serious pathology. In the morning, a headache may occur several times a day due to the characteristics of the child’s body, irregular daily routine, excessive activity, drinking large amounts of liquid before bed (other drinks), and being in an uncomfortable position during sleep. Even an uncomfortable pillow can lead to pinching of the nerves in the cervical vertebrae. A lack of oxygen supply to the brain will certainly cause headaches in children in the morning.
Children who are accustomed to sleeping longer when blood glucose levels rise have headaches in the morning. Both long sleep and lack of sleep are harmful, as well as overeating especially unhealthy foods (spicy, fatty, fried) at night, which forces the digestive system to work all night. In the morning there is nausea, pain in the head and stomach.
Main reasons
The condition, accompanied by a feeling of fatigue and drowsiness, often interferes with normal work, communication, and life in general due to the general weakness of the body. The reasons may be as follows:
- Lack of oxygen. Our condition depends on the air we breathe every day. Oxygen saturation makes you feel more energetic. When inhaled, the blood begins to carry oxygen throughout the body, and its lack negatively affects the functioning of all internal organs: the brain malfunctions, causing a person to feel not only fatigue, drowsiness, but also painful weakness throughout the body.
Loss of strength occurs due to lack of oxygen
- Weather . Mood swings and other similar problems are often observed on cloudy, rainy days. The reason for this lies in atmospheric air pressure, which slows down a person’s heartbeat, reduces the amount of oxygen and blood pressure.
Psychological factors are also important: dullness and dampness, lack of sunlight cause apathy and loss of strength
- Lack of vitamins . A common cause of weakness is a consequence of a lack of certain elements: pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, P, D and iodine. Their lack causes disruption of metabolic processes, reduces immunity, and the brain does not receive the necessary microelements. The result is poor health.
- Hormonal imbalance. Irresistible weakness can be caused by hormonal imbalances, which appear as a result of various factors: lack of vitamins, chronic diseases.
- Bad habits. Alcohol abuse and smoking negatively affect the functioning of internal organs. Alcohol damages the liver and destroys all useful minerals and vitamins in the body. Smoking negatively affects lung function and disrupts the functioning of the circulatory system and blood supply to the brain. As a result, the body reacts accordingly.
Loss of energy occurs due to bad habits
- Unbalanced diet. A similar condition causes frequent malnutrition, because the body simply has nowhere to get energy from. This condition can also be provoked by the abuse of junk food: processed foods, fatty foods, fast food, fast carbohydrates. So the body spends energy not on activity and performance, but on eliminating the consequences of improper food intake.
- Another cause of the problem is frequent fasting , accompanied by large meals. As a result, the digestive system is overloaded and energy is distributed incorrectly.
- Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS ). A constant feeling of fatigue that you cannot cope with even after a long rest is the first sign of CFS.
The main reasons for its appearance include: deficiency of micro- and macroelements, constant physical and emotional stress, viral infections.
- Other problems. In addition to the above reasons, the feeling of drowsiness and constant fatigue are caused by: apnea, insomnia, liver and kidney damage, heart problems, severe poisoning, and frequent use of medications.
Why is there a knocking in my temples?
Pain, pulsating and pressing on the temples, leads to irritation, nervousness, loss of appetite, dizziness and even blurred vision and stuffy nose in the child.
There is a knocking in the temples when:
• migraine with a duration of 1.5 hours to 2 days in young children;
• arteritis with swelling of the temporal artery;
• development of inflammatory processes in the body;
• cephalalgia (head pain is observed, accompanied by nausea and radiating to the temple area);
• intracranial hypertension due to increased pressure in blood vessels, expansion and compression of the brain;
• abscess with the accumulation of pus in the areas of the alveolar processes (prolonged, shooting, aching pain is observed);
• neuralgia (pulsates, shoots and radiates in the temples);
• inflammation of the tonsils of the nasopharynx (in children 3-5 years old it usually has an acute course);
• anemia due to a decrease in hemoglobin and red blood cells in the blood;
• lack of iron in the body (headache for a long time, more than 5 days, accompanied by dizziness, shortness of breath).
What are the reasons for headaches at night?
In schoolchildren, pain in the head area can be from mental or physical overload received during the day, while newborn children are aggressively affected by various external irritants. The cause of a sore head can be an error in eating, an incorrect physiological position of the body during sleep, which can lead to poor circulation, and ultimately to headaches.
Even a poorly chosen pillow or a scratchy blanket can lead to insufficient oxygen supply to the child’s body, or a long stay in an unventilated room. Headache at night due to medications taken before bedtime, with osteochondrosis (dystrophic changes occurring in the joints, compression of the nerve endings of blood vessels in the spinal column)
Depressed children who have experienced stress the day before also have headaches at night, also when their blood sugar levels rise. With diabetes, the patient often wakes up at night from sharp and burning pain.
Autumn depression: what to do?
With the onset of autumn, many people, for no particular apparent reason, feel disgusted, sad and dreary at heart. Loss of energy and bad mood are a constant companion of short autumn days. According to the World Health Organization, more than 50% of people on the planet are in this condition. Is such autumn blues dangerous? Argumenty Nedeli addressed this question to the vice-president of the Latvian Medical Society, therapist Māris Pļaviņš.
— Doctor, why in the fall, for no particular reason, the blues arise: you don’t want to do anything, your mood is at “zero,” drowsiness. Is this real depression?
- This is not just the blues, but already the first signs of autumn depression. Especially when a person has been in this state for a long time. And the point here is not only in a bad mood, but in the fact that people’s chronic diseases are getting worse, for example, aching joints, back pain, and “heart” problems. This condition does not contribute to a good mood. And the daylight hours are getting shorter and shorter. The human body cannot “readjust” quickly to the “autumn mood” and the usual autumn depression itself arises, which can develop into serious problems.
-How serious is depression?
— Depression is a mental illness. When was any mental illness not a serious matter? Imagine that a person sees everything in black every day? He constantly wants to cry, he gets irritated for any reason. Others even imagine all sorts of horrors: incurable diseases, for example. And a person lives with it. Insomnia and many other “joys” may “add” against the background of psychosomatics. Gastritis and even ulcers often occur. Everything is serious.
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— Can a person cope with autumn depression on his own, or is a doctor necessary?
— Each person is individual. Unfortunately, life dictates its own rules: many people do not have the financial opportunity to visit a qualified psychologist. Yes, there are government specialists, but you need to make an appointment with them several months in advance. What if a person feels bad? This can lead to very, very serious problems when hospitalization is required. It’s good if you have an understanding family doctor who will delve into the problem.
— What causes autumn depression?
— There is a metabolic disorder in the body. There is no “hormone of joy” - serotonin. Yes, and with such a hormone as melatonin, problems arise. What kind of hormone is this? It is called the “sleep hormone.” It helps in falling asleep. And when the “hormone of joy” is absent, what remains is the “hormone of sleep.” That's why in the fall you want to sleep so much even during the day.
- And how to deal with such “illnesses”?
- Of course, it’s easy to give advice, but, alas, when a problem looms, all the advice is forgotten. I'll try. Treat yourself. Yes! Pamper yourself! For example, chocolate or delicious food. Eat, for example, a beautiful red apple or a bright orange orange. Why not? Stop eating fast food for a day. If possible, extend the summer: go to the sun and sea. If this is not possible, then treat yourself to a spa holiday. Believe me, you can find money for this when it comes to health. Start taking vitamins. Autumn is the best time. But, I just ask, don’t self-medicate. It is better to see a family doctor than to have a protracted problem. Believe me, autumn will pass quickly and your health will change. The main thing is to prevent problems! Be healthy!
— Thank you for the interview.
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When do symptoms become dangerous for a child?
Babies cannot clearly formulate what symptoms bother them, where and what hurts, but they constantly cry, sleep is disturbed, there is profuse regurgitation and vomiting like a fountain. Children 2-3 years old often complain of fatigue, are constantly nervous, scratch their faces and pull their hair, and mothers sometimes do not know how to help and what to do.
When the pain begins suddenly, changes in character depending on the position of the head, intensifies in the morning, becomes strong and constant, confusion, decreased visual acuity, runny nose, cough, increased temperature and intracranial pressure are additionally observed, then children should be urgently shown to a doctor . Head pain can be a symptom of a serious medical condition, which is always best treated early.
The worst thing that can happen is when a tumor develops in the brain and pain in the head area is the primary symptom of this disease, usually worsening in the morning and usually localized in the back of the head. As a rule, painkillers are not able to relieve symptoms for a long time.
