Drink water: A person's body needs to drink at least ten glasses of water every day before physical exertion can reach its peak. Dehydration is a common cause of headache.
Food: The interval between eating a meal and eating a snack should not exceed five hours. Between meals, a person's blood sugar will drop, leading to vasodilation.
Pay attention to the amount of coffee and tea: too much or too little caffeine can cause headaches.
Write down what you eat: chocolate, vinegar, frozen meat and many other foods contain tyramine and nitrate, which can give allergic people a headache, so if you have a headache, you should pay attention to what you eat.
Reduce alcohol consumption: Drinking alcohol will lead to dehydration. Red wine and brandy, like cheese and chocolate, contain tyramine, which can cause headaches.
Don't take too many painkillers: excessive medication can lead to "pain rebound" headache. If you suspect that this is the cause of your headache, you can stop taking painkillers for a while and see if the headache has stopped. You must follow the doctor's advice when taking medicine, and you can't take painkillers yourself.
Ways to relieve headaches:
Ice pack cold compress: put ice cubes in an ice pack or wrap them in a towel and apply them to the headache area. After the blood vessels cooling the head contract, the symptoms will naturally be alleviated. Lie down and rest: If possible, when migraine attacks, you might as well rest in a room with dark light and quiet environment. Generally speaking, as long as you sleep for half an hour, your headache will be relieved.
Massage the head: Moderate massage of the head is an effective way to relieve migraine. Temples are important acupoints for migraine massage. You can press it with your index finger and gently rotate and massage it back and forth from the temple to the hairline with your fist.
Drink green tea: the substances in green tea are effective in relieving migraine, and you can drink green tea in moderation to overcome severe migraine.
Meditation: Yoga and meditation are new methods to treat migraine. You can buy a CD of this kind, close your eyes and meditate with music for a while when you have a headache, and let the sound of nature make you forget the pain.
Wrap a towel around your head: It may seem ridiculous, but it is really a good way to treat migraine. When in pain, wrap a towel or soft cloth around the temple to inhibit vasodilation and relieve pain. There are many factors that induce headache, so patients must not take drugs at will. They must go to the hospital for diagnosis and take drugs under the guidance of doctors in order to play a good role.