Do you have a headache every day? You belong to the 5 percent of Poles who suffer from chronic headache every day. What are the causes of chronic headache? How to effectively treat a daily headache?

Daily (chronic) headache (CBG)is a headache that occurs for more than 15 days a month for at least 3 months, and lasts at least 4 hours a day. Very rarely, daily headache is a secondary pain caused by trauma, a brain tumor, sinusitis, or hypertension.

What is chronic headache?

Daily (chronic) headache is not one separate headache - different types of headache fall under this term:

  • chronic migraine (formerly known as transformed migraine)
  • chronic tension headache
  • drug pains

Chronic headache usually occurs as a natural consequence of other headaches that occurred earlier: migraines or tension pain, although sometimes the headache immediately becomes chronic pain - then we are talking about a new daily headache.

Daily headache: causes of chronic headache

Everyday headache can have various sources, it often results from an incorrect lifestyle and improper treatment of other comorbid ailments. The causes that make the head ache every day include :

  • drug abuse (especially painkillers)
  • caffeine abuse
  • alcohol abuse
  • nicotine abuse
  • chronic stress
  • depression
  • insomnia
  • obesity
  • hypertension
  • hyperthyroidism

Daily headache: chronic headache treatment

Treating chronic headache is difficult and often unsatisfactory. The best results are achieved by close cooperation between the patient and the doctor and changing the lifestyle to eliminate the factors that may be at the root of the problem. When comorbidities are the cause, the key is to cure them or set them pharmacologically to reduce the risk of a headache. In the case of drug-induced headache, it is necessary to discontinue painkillers.

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Neurology