HEADACHES a precursor for more ILLNESSES? (Study)
Headaches coming all shapes, sizes, and severity.
And while we’ve all joked that something is “GIVING YOU A HEADACHE” …
There’s one type of headache that can be so PAINFUL and MISERABLE that it makes it practically impossible to “power through” your day.
But a new study highlights just how severe these types of headaches could be for your long-term health…
Including setting the stage for MORE ILLNESSES!
But before you draw the blinds and try to sleep off the pain, I’ve got a way to fight back without succumbing to a lifetime of OTC pain killers…
There are headaches… and then there are CLUSTER headaches.
Albeit uncommon (they tend to affect 1 in about every 1,000 people), these suckers are NASTY.
Cluster headaches are described as dramatic, painful, debilitating attacks of pain centered around one side of the head – and for many folks, they can experience up to EIGHT per day!
But a new study published in the journal Neurology has found more, severe consequences of cluster headaches, including:
- People with cluster headaches are nearly 2X MORE likely to take time off work.
- 92% of people with cluster headaches have at least ONE ADDITIONAL ILLNESS.
- People with cluster headaches and additional illnesses are forced to take nearly 4X as many days off work.
OUCH!
Now, your office days may be over… but the fact is, cluster headaches can put a serious vice grip on your quality of life.
But, if you suffer from cluster headaches, you don’t have to SLOW DOWN… or be a prisoner to a slew of OTC pain killers just to “get by.”
Take peppermint oil, for example. It’s most known for helping soothe your stomach… but it can also boost your body’s natural defenses of blocking and attacking headache pain…
And, it can even alleviate symptoms like nausea that are associated with headaches.
If you do suffer from cluster headaches, be sure to talk to your doctor about the best approach for you as treatments vary person-to-person.
To calming severe headaches,
Sarah Reagan
Sources:
Guildford, Anna. “People with cluster headaches more likely to have other illnesses, study finds.” https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/people-with-cluster-headaches-more-likely-to-have-other-illnesses-study-finds
