Among many medical deficiencies, headache and people self-medication for relief tops the chart.
To this effect, Doctor Adu Boateng from End Point Homeopathic has advised the general public to desist from self medicating when they experience headaches.
According to Doctor Boateng, headaches are mostly caused by stress and the rise or fall of blood pressure. He stated that headaches becomes more serious when it comes with other symptoms.
Most people suffer from other chronic disease but fail to get treatment for it because they cling to self medicating with pain killers. He stated: “Headache is not a disease but a symptom to a disease”
Explaining the types of headache, Doctor Boateng stated that there are over 300 types of headache but they all fall under two major types; the primary and the secondary headaches.
The primary headache, normally comes off when a person gets over-stressed while the secondary type of headache are constant headaches.
But secondary headaches are caused by underlying medical conditions.
Some causes of headache includes persons with eye problem, constipation, malaria, typhoid, worm infestations, Hepatitis and other fevers, the drop and rise of one’s blood pressure, anemia, dental problem, ear infections and many others.
Doctor Adu Boateng has advised the public to consult medical practitioners when they experience headaches because there might be more to it than a common headache.