What causes a headache? Detailed answer

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What causes a headache?

The answer to this question could be: anything! A headache can start for a hundred reasons. But this is not a disease, but a symptom. In this way, we know that something is wrong with us - in some part of the body or nervous system.

Of course, we know something about the mechanism of headache formation. She herself appears due to a certain structure of the skull. It is not the very substance of the brain that is sensitive to pain, but what covers it - various veins and arteries. When they "ache", then there is a headache. Pain in the teeth, ears, muscles can affect the brain area and cause a headache. Compression of the muscles of the head can also lead to the same consequences.

When people complain about a headache, you can notice that everyone names their own reason. So, some people have a headache when they are hungry, others - without a cup of coffee drunk in the morning or with a hangover. What happens in all these cases? The cranial arteries narrow or expand - this is the cause of the headache. It is known as vascular headache.

With a strong shock or a sudden turn of the head, a person may complain of a headache. There is nothing special in these cases either. If a person experiences great emotional stress, then this leads to the fact that the muscles of the back, lower part of the head and neck are compressed. Result? Headache!

Migraine is a special type of headache that is very different from others. But as you can see, headaches have many, many causes!

Author: Likum A.

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Is it true that in 1971 a tribe isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years was discovered in the Philippines?

In 1971, sensational news spread around the world: the Tasadai tribe was found in the Philippine jungle, which had no contact with other people for thousands of years and actually lived in the Stone Age. The Philippine authorities immediately declared the territory protected in order to preserve the unique tribe for the interests of science. But in 1986, a group of journalists who illegally entered this territory stated that there was no one in the Tasadai caves, and all this was a big hoax: the primitive tribe was "played" by peasants from a village nearby. A few years later, a new refutation came out: the same "peasants" said that it was the second time they were bribed and forced to tell a lie, and the truth turned out to be neither one nor the other: the Tasadai tribe actually led a primitive lifestyle and was in isolation, but not thousands of years.

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