Cold and heat headache may be caused by migraine, neurological headache, high blood pressure and other diseases, which can be treated by general, medication and psychological methods.
1. Migraine: It is related to hereditary and endocrine factors. In addition, migraine can be triggered by weather changes and cold and heat. At first, it is vague pain, and gradually turns into throbbing pain, which can be shifted from one side of the head to the other, or even involve the whole head.
When headache attacks, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to use ibuprofen, sumatriptan, dihydroergotamine and so on to relieve the pain, in addition, you can apply propranolol, flunarizine, gabapentin and so on to prevent headaches.
2. Neurogenic headache: cold and heat headache may also be neurogenic headache, headache is mostly dull pain, swelling pain, often accompanied by a sense of pressure, numbness and sense of confinement, mostly in the top of the head, temples and so on.
Should pay attention to rest, avoid excessive tension and anxiety and other adverse emotions, follow the doctor’s instructions to use acetaminophen, diclofenac sodium and other pain, accompanied by insomnia, can be applied to alprazolam, or psychological counseling and other psychological therapies to improve the symptoms.
3. Hypertension: When hypertensive patients are cold, it will cause local blood contraction leading to increased blood pressure and headache, and when hot, it will cause local blood vessels to dilate, leading to insufficient blood supply to the brain, thus headache occurs. Sodium intake should be controlled, fat intake should be reduced, and weight should be controlled. Hydrochlorothiazide, metoprolol, nifedipine, cloxartan and other blood pressure lowering medications can be used as prescribed by the doctor to alleviate the symptoms.
In addition, there are other reasons that can cause headaches when cold and hot, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.