May 19 is the national day to fight headache. Take a look at the symptoms and warning signals on this discomfort that reaches thousands of Brazilians
In May, they make the population aware of the headache (popularly known as headache) and highlight the importance of adequate diagnosis and treatment. The headache, popularly known as headache, reaches about 95% of the population at a certain point in life, according to the Brazilian academy of neurology.
Headache is one of the main symptoms, but not the only one! – of migraine, brain disease that affects more than a billion people in the world, according to whom. In Brazil, it is estimated that 30 million people suffer from the disease (15% of the total population), which has an inheritance cause and does not care!
The types of headaches
In addition to being a symptom of migraine in almost 80% of cases, headaches can also have other secondary causes, which can be acute or chronic or manifested in rescue.
The saved headache is a very intense type of headaches. Always on one side of the head, around the eye with tears and nasal congestion. A crisis lasts from 30 to 40 minutes and can reach 3 hours! And several crises can occur on the same day. It is more common among men.
Many people take years to reach the right diagnosis and start correct care, therefore the importance of awareness. Treatment should involve an interdisciplinary team focused on the whole in the control of symptoms and crises. Therefore, returning to the patient the protagonism of full life, after all, the normal is not to feel pain!
Look for help!
If you have a sudden, acute and serious headache, look for the emergency room. It is essential to avoid serious causes, such as the breakdown of an aneurysm or meningitis, for example.
If it is a recurring headache that hinders your routine, the guide is to make an appointment with a neurologist for investigations. If the diagnosis is migraine, the patient must be accompanied and start an adequate treatment, using specific drugs and non -pharmacological guidelines, to control migraine, symptoms and crises that the disease makes.
Socio -economic impacts of migraine in Brazil
Cerebral disease causes damage to about 168 billion R $ for Brazil. There are about 1.6% of GDP (gross domestic product) in the country. The information is the result of the study “socio -economic impact of the main diseases in eight Latin America countries”, conducted by the German scientific research institute Wfor GmbH. Among the main eight Latin American GDPs, Brazil is the second most affected by the hemicrania (behind Argentina only).
Migraine is the second most widespread among diseases, in some places in the world, is responsible for up to 19.5 days of abstains at work per year. It is more disabilities among women, who suffer more headache for hormonal reasons. It affects about 30 million Brazilians.
Of hereditary cause, there is no cure for migraine, but it is possible to live fully with the control of symptoms (which can be many and varied) through adequate treatment, with the involvement of a multidisciplinary medical team focused individually on patient care.
Source: Terra
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