“Which nerves cause headaches?”
I am a 20 year old male and I have bad headaches. I want to know which nerves cause headaches?
1 Answer
Headaches can be caused by many different issues - dehydration, lack of sleep, certain foods, muscle contraction, food sensitivity, dehydration, cervical bony degeneration or trauma, disc disease like seen with neck pain, or issues with trigeminal nerve, the 5th cranial nerve. There are many treatments, lifestyle changes should include good sleep and stress management, whole foods and proper hydration. Make sure you do a food and symptom diary to see which foods may be triggering your headaches, if any. Also make sure to include magnesium supplementation, which helps many headache patients. There are also many other therapies that include medications, physical therapy and many other modalities.
start with your primary care physician, and later may need to see a neurologist.
Best of luck, but seriously, look into lifestyle changes and magnesium supplement and try not to take pain meds regularly as these tend to cause something called "rebound headaches," which basically mean you have headaches from taking too many pain meds, as these wear off, they trigger more pain.
Hope this helps.
start with your primary care physician, and later may need to see a neurologist.
Best of luck, but seriously, look into lifestyle changes and magnesium supplement and try not to take pain meds regularly as these tend to cause something called "rebound headaches," which basically mean you have headaches from taking too many pain meds, as these wear off, they trigger more pain.
Hope this helps.
