Those who suffer from headache or a continuous pain in the head are in search of remedies that often elude them.
It is because the head is the most complicated part of the body that controls all activities and monitors everything related to that trying to keep its activities hidden.
When headache attacks a person no visible physical strains are there and to locate the point it generated from is a highly difficult task.
That is the reason why right remedies are not easy to pinpoint for a particular case.
No doubt good painkillers are there.
But these can give only temporary relief by hiding the cause for the time being.
Moreover, repeated use of the same drugs makes those less effective gradually.
There are numerous causes of headache.
There are remedies too, be those medications or natural remedies.
To find out the right remedies for your headache you have to try hard to locate the cause first.
Of course, you need medical advice to do that but you yourself too can take an initiative in the matter.
For example, your food or drinking or smoking habits can be the culprits that make you suffer.
You can experiment by changing those or even halting some for sometime at least.
If the results are good try to stick to the new habits.
Magnesium deficiency can be behind a headache.
It can cause, besides regular headaches, cluster headaches or even migraines.
Therefore you have to reduce your mental stress, if any.
Coffee, sugar, high sodium diet, alcohol, tobacco etc.
can cause magnesium deficiency.
You have to be careful in the matter especially if your magnesium deficiency test result sounds an alarm.
In coffee, tea, chocolate, sodas and some even painkillers caffeine is marked by its presence.
Caffeine causes headache.
So exert caution the matter if you are really in search of remedies.
Do not take too much sodium especially if you find your sodium intake had gone up significantly before an attack.
Since common cold can push headache as its symptom you can take zinc in capsule or lozenge form to check that.
Sometimes people suffering from migraine headaches believe that they have sinus headaches.
Women generally suffer more from migraine headache.
In earlier times, women did not get the same importance as men even in the matter of medical care.
So myths often surrounded the migraine headache being considered as a women's disease.
Some signs of those wrong impressions or myths still remain, dissuading women from taking medical advice.
For migraine patients there are many painkillers that are quite common but have side effects too.
With the introduction of Sumatriptan in 1991, there is a new ray of hope for patients suffering from migraine.
For tension-type headaches a number of oral medications are in use.
Salicylate analgesics, acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like Advil are some of those.
But you should not forget that minimizing stress is very important if you are in search of remedies for this type of headache.
Enough sleep and regular exercise are to be taken seriously.
Relaxation techniques like spinal manipulation or massage can be great natural remedies.
If you grind your teeth during sleep it can cause a headache.
This tendency is known as bruxism and you have to take the help of a dentist.
He may recommend a plastic mouthpiece.
Another similar dental problem known as temporomandibular disorder or TMJ that causes pain, muscle spasms or joint imbalances can also cause headaches.
In this case too a dentist can recommend a suitable remedy.
Sometimes injuries or a brain tumor can be behind a headache.
In such cases medical advice is to be solicited to find out remedies through medications or even surgery as the case may be.
Often a problem almost impossible to redress is jokingly equated with a headache.
But seriously speaking, headache has remedies.
One can depend on medications or natural remedies depending on the nature of the specific case.