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Headaches in the morning can have many different causes: migraines, sleep apnea, grinding teeth, alcohol, and serious illnesses. Headaches are usually caused by a certain trigger, and none of them should be underestimated.
Most often, the cause of a headache is too little fluid consumed during the day, or lack of sleep. But sometimes the unpleasant condition of a heavy head in the morning has more serious reasons.
Migraine. According to Jennifer Kriegler, a doctor at the Cleveland Headache Center, the time of day between four and nine in the morning is the time for morning migraines. During these hours, the body produces less endorphins and enkephalins - substances that act as natural pain relievers. In addition, an increased amount of adrenaline is released in the early morning hours. This increases blood pressure, and as a result, a headache can occur.
Sleep apnea syndrome. Sleep apnea syndrome causes people to repeatedly stop breathing. The consequence of such breathing stops in sleep is hypoxia and increased pressure, in connection with which a headache develops.
Many studies confirm the connection of night apnea with strokes, heart attacks, hypertension, heart rhythm disorders, atrial fibrillation, ischemia. It is difficult to determine apnea on your own, but its characteristic feature is fatigue, which is felt despite a long sleep.
Teeth grinding. Grinding teeth in a dream can lead to tension in the temporomandibular joints, which connect the lower jaw to the skull next to the ear. Most often, this feature remains implicit for a person, while it can have many negative consequences for health. For example, it can lead to changes in the position of the jaw and tension, which can cause a headache.
Alcohol consumption. Alcohol contains compounds that can negatively interact with neurotransmitters in the brain and cause headaches or even migraines. In addition, alcohol is a diuretic and promotes dehydration, which acts as an additional factor in headaches.
A serious illness. In some cases, there is a possibility that something serious is behind the headache - for example, a brain tumor. People with brain tumors often wake up with a headache early in the morning, as this is when the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid is at its highest. There is swelling that affects the brain - a headache develops in response.
A brain tumor is a rare cause of morning headaches. Symptoms such as problems with vision or balance, drowsiness, changes in the state of mind also allow us to suspect neoplasms.
According to scientists, waking up with a headache is not an anomaly and does not mean that something dangerous is happening to a person. But if this happens regularly, you must consult a doctor to find out the cause of such a symptom.
