Page 33 - October Newsletter
P. 33
HEALTH
CORNER
WAIT A MINUTE, BEFORE
YOU TAKE THAT
MEDICATION FOR YOUR
THROBBING HEADACHES ...
Migraines can last for hours or days and
may be accompanied by nausea and
Do you know that adequate water intake, increased sensitivity to light and sound.
sleep, and exercise can resolve headaches They are more common in women than in
among young college students?
men.
Headaches are a prevalent and often FACTORS THAT CAN TRIGGER
debilitating health issue among college HEADACHES
students, frequently triggered by the 1. Dehydration
significant academic and social pressures 2. Academic pressure:
of College life. 3. Poor sleep habits:
4. Lifestyle choices, such as irregular meal
Headaches can be felt with or without any times, high caffeine or energy drink
associated symptoms. It can be a symptom consumption, and alcohol use, can act as
of a minor or major ailment in the body, triggers.
such as malaria, flu, other upper 5. Increased screen time
respiratory diseases, eye problems , 6. Illness
enteric fever ( typhoid ) etc. 7.Emotional stress
COMMON TYPES OF HEADACHES: MANAGEMENT
Permit me to list only 2 out of the other For successful management of headaches,
types of headache the student or the individual must ensure to
detect and reverse these factors that can
1. Tension-type headaches: The most trigger headaches. Analgesic medications
common type, often described as a should not be what a student rushes to
constant, dull, non-throbbing pain or a tight grab for a headache. It can lead to the
band around the head. Triggers include abuse of drugs. If adequate hydration,
stress, inadequate sleep, and poor posture sleep, rest, yoga and exercise couldn't
from long study sessions. resolve the headache within 24 hours.
Please visit the college clinic or see a
2. Migraine headaches: These cause a doctor in the hospital.
moderate-to-severe throbbing pain, often
on one side of the head.
©TRC clinic
The Regent College 31
