Headache: what are the risks of self-medication?

Several problems cause headache or headache, from primary causes such as migraine and tension headache or simpler secondary causes such as sinusitis, to more serious factors such as brain aneurysm and tumor.

A major problem in Brazil with regard to the treatment of headache is the custom of our population with self-medication. But what are the risks of self-medication in these cases?

First, the lay person will not always choose the right medication for their problem. For example, you may treat sinusitis with migraine remedy or you may be given an antibiotic for a common primary headache that is tension-type headache. In both cases, you will be unnecessarily subject to the adverse effects of these medications and, of course, you will not get relief from your pain. Second, self-medication often leads to a vicious cycle in which the individual not only takes too much medicine, the cause of this symptom, entering a cascade of problems that lead to chronic pain, often daily - because these medications lose their effect and the person needs more and more remedy for their headache.

Finally, self-medication reverses the most appropriate sequence of treatment for a medical complaint, which would be to seek professional guidance, especially if the pain is chronic or has different and unexpected characteristics of the most common day-to-day headaches.

Excessive tiredness and muscle weakness can be signs of illness

She can come slowly, slowly settling in, a sense of fatigue, lack of energy, and lack of energy, even to perform small daily activities. But is this normal? With the daily rush many attribute this feeling of extreme tiredness to sleepless nights and stress, situations of discouragement that generate a profound impact on social activities and professional productivity, becoming today one of the main complaints of doctors' offices.

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Running for half an hour may increase life expectancy in 10 years

A study published by Brigham & Young says only 30 minutes of running a day, five times a week can increase life expectancy in more than 10 years. Research shows that those who exercise regularly can slow down cell aging. It is worth remembering, however, that the practice of exercises must be intense so that the expected result is achieved.

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