Diagnosing Headaches and Blurred Vision

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Nobody wants to experience headaches. This very irritating and painful sensation is experienced by everyone. This means that headaches do not choose its victims. It can attack you, your family or your friends at any time and at any place. These headaches are usually caused by a dozen of reasons. It could be due to heat and other related factors, but there are also headaches that come with blurred vision. Does this pose a serious threat to your health? Does this require any serious intervention?

Headaches and blurred visionoften come together. This is sometimes due to the constriction and dilation of the blood vessels in your head. When the blurring of vision is experienced along with headaches, this can usually be linked with migraine. Migraine is a type of headache that is usually triggered by a lot of environmental factors such as loud noises, bright lights and exposure to smoke. This type of headache is pulsating and is usually unilateral. Migraine usually lasts for a few hours up to three days. Blurred vision is a symptom of this headache which usually develops 10 to 60 minutes before the actual headache occurs. This is often referred to as an aura.

Eyes are usually affected by headaches since blood vessels that supplies the eyes are proximately near the head. Once pressure changes within the vessels it can also affect the surrounding parts of the head. That is why if there are also problems related with your vision; it could also ultimately result to headaches.     

There are a lot of ways in order to treat problems concerning with headaches and blurred vision. Once an alteration in your vision occurs like photophobia or seeing flashes of white and black (photopsia) as well as zigzag lines (teichopsia), it is always advisable to take your analgesic drugs or pain reliever medicines in order for it to work effectively. You should also stop doing any of your activities instead you should take a rest or much preferably a long sleep in order to prevent more eye straining that could decrease headaches. It is important for you to consider the environment since it can also greatly affect your condition. It is advisable to stay in a cool and dimly lit place in order to relax the eyes.

If your condition did not improve after quite some time, it is already a must that you should go and visit a doctor. It is always better to be safe than sorry. Headache with blurred vision is a very serious matter. Always seek the doctor’s advice in order to know what can trigger your headache. It is very important for you know this so that you can make quick actions in avoiding the triggering factor/s.

Headaches and blurred vision should never be taken for granted. Independent intervention may work at first but once the condition worsens, it is always advisable to immediately seek for professional help.