Managing Asthma-Related Headaches? San Anselmo CA
Managing Asthma-Related Headaches?
If you experience frequent headaches and notice that your asthma symptoms usually appear along with your painful, throbbing head, you may wonder what the connection is. Some researchers do believe that headaches and asthma can be related-and if your asthma is allergic in nature, this can make the relationship even stronger.
Two Separate Conditions that Make you Sick
You may just take it for granted that your headaches and asthma go hand in hand. But while the timing of your worst headache symptoms and your respiratory distress seem to be coordinated, you probably don't have any idea what the connection is between these two seemingly unrelated ailments that both make you feel so sick.
The Facts about Asthma Headache
People with allergies are up to 10 times more likely to experience migraine headaches, according to information presented by the American Headache Society. Further, in a recent American Migraine Study, between almost half to close to two-thirds of all respondents who suffered from migraine headaches also said they had allergies as well. Other studies have found similar links with asthma. And having a parent who also experiences both asthma and migraines seems to greatly increase your risk for your own painful head.
When Sensitivity Exists
Oftentimes when you get an asthma headache, you'll find that the pain seems to be more than you can bear. This could mean that you are experiencing a migraine, which is a type of headache that can cause severe pain, sensitivity to light and noise, clear nasal discharge and sometimes even nausea. Some doctors explain that migraines can occur when the nervous system has an extreme sensitivity to the environment. The same reaction is true with asthma, only the reaction to something in the environment occurs in the airways instead...
