Health and Fitness » headache http://www.health4fitness.com Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Headache and Air Pollution http://www.health4fitness.com/headache-and-air-pollution.html http://www.health4fitness.com/headache-and-air-pollution.html#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:22:22 +0000 Admin http://www.health4fitness.com/?p=20 Not all headaches are due to physical exhaustion and stress. Air quality that was unhealthy culprit could be a headache that often we experience. A study of experts in a crowded city such as the population of Santiago, Chile, which is geographically tend to have high pollution levels, found that the incidence rate of headache or migraine in the city is very high. It was evidenced by the high number of people treated at the hospital because of headaches.

Further research is needed to test the consistency of the results of the study. But in a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, mentioned the air pollution is a risk factor for incident headache attacks.

Dr.Sabit Cakmak, from Canada did research on the subject by monitoring levels of air pollution in the seven stations in 2001-2005. At each location was a measured level of air pollutants and ozone, like nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and other small particles.

At the same time, the researchers also collected information on the number of patients treated in hospital for headaches, migraines, high blood pressure, and various other types of headaches. The result, air pollution is a risk factor such cases headaches.

Therefore, if you include frequent headaches, try to reduce exposure to air pollution. If the pain in the head was already disturbing, consult a doctor for further handling.

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