HEALTH CORNER
HEADACHES
A persistent problem?
Y
ou’ve been there before -- you wake up and
immediately feel the pulsing in your head, you
get to work and can feel the pounding pressure
mounting as you move between looking at your
computer screen and meetings. You’re gearing up for a
fun day out with your kids, but you cringe as the pain in
your head magnifies with every shout of excitement.
The World Health Organization (WHO) lists headache
disease as the third leading cause of productivity
loss due to disability.
“People often underestimate the pain they
experience and think their only choice is
to endure,” said Dr. Seymour Diamond,
executive chair and founder of the National
Headache Foundation and Director
Emeritus and Founder of the Diamond
Headache Clinic. “There is nothing
normal about pain in your head,
yet even today after treating
headache and migraine for over
60 years, I still see doctors
dismissing their patients’
symptoms.”
It can be easy to dismiss
a headache as normal,
but normal shouldn’t
be confused with
common. Headaches
can also be caused
by your daily habits
74 SL-YOU | It’s All About Business
www.slyoumag.com | September-October 2019