How
To Stop Headaches
Advice Notes 31-40
31
Stay away from rain - especially the first shower of the season.
It is not good to let the rain fall directly on your head. Rain
water may be refreshing but in can result in a headache. If
you get wet in the rain, make it a point to dry your head as
soon as you can.
The first rains especially are very bad because
the water will contain a lot of pollutants and this itself can
result in a lot of diseases.
32
Avoid inhaling polluting gases like automobile
fumes and second-hand smoking. Many of the gases let out by
automobiles and other exhaust pipes are highly toxic and they
itself can cause a headache.
Second hand smoking by which you inhale the
smoke from your neighbor’s cigarette too can cause a headache.
This is especially true if you are a non-smoker and not used
to the smell smoke.
33
Do not wear a hair-do in which your hair is
tied up too tightly. Some people especially women tie up their
hair in very tight buns or brainds. If your hair is pulled back
too tightly it is going to hurt your scalp and the end result
is that you will get a headache.
34
Try to keep your mind free from worries. Listening
to music or taking a nap is a good way to clear the mind.
35
If you feel stressed up, try to relax. Scented
candles, warm bathes, and soothing music may help you relax.
36
Try to get a good night’s sleep. A good night’s
sleep is very important to keep away headaches.
"Sleep
is one of the most basic and universal activities in which we
all engage. Yet, getting to sleep, staying asleep, and waking
refreshed can be highly elusive to most of us some of the time,
and many of us all of the time.”
The National Sleep Foundation reports (2002) that America is
on the verge of a poor sleep epidemic, characterized by the
following eye-opening statistics:
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64%
of American adults get less than the eight hours of sleep
that experts recommend is required to maintain optimal physical,
mental, and emotional health.
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One-third
of the US population says they get less sleep now than they
did five years ago
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One-half
of Americans have experienced insomnia (sleeplessness)
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Drowsiness
due to a lack of a proper night of sleep interferes with
the daily activities of 37 percent of all adults.
You need peace and quiet to get enough sleep and so you should
take care to see that there are no physical disturbances. Turn
the ring tone of your telephone to the lowest possible volume.
Do not worry about important calls; if the calls are so important,
then the caller will call back later when you have turned up
the volume.
Try to cut out other disturbances by wearing ear muffs or eye
blinds. Do not read in bed before you sleep, in all likelihood
you will drift off to sleep with the lights on and after sometime
the same light will wake you up.
37
Do not oversleep. Oversleeping is just as bad as not getting
enough sleep. If you sleep too much or for too long you will
wake up with a very woozy feeling and that will most likely
turn into a headache. Our body tells us when it has had enough
sleep. Listen to the cue and get up, do not succumb to the temptation
to just lay in bed.
38
Try to get at least eight hours of sleep every night. Studies
have shown that this is the requirement for most healthy adults.
Examine your daily schedule to see how you can rearrange your
day to ensure the right amount of sleep. Try to cut out television
and other non-necessary activities.
39
Stay away from sedatives. Sedatives are not a solution to your
sleep problems. Many of them are addictive and their medicine
will eventually stop working for you.
Sedatives also affect the time that you wake up. You might get
a good night’s sleep when you take sedatives, but the chances
are rare that you will wake up refreshed.
40
Each time you get a headache do not reach for your aspirin.
Some headaches go by themselves. Do not make you body dependent
on aspirin.
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