What causes headaches when you have a cold? What causes headaches and nausea when you are pregnant?

Autumn is coming soon. We must add or remove clothes according to the weather. It is best not to catch a cold to avoid physical discomfort, headaches and other symptoms. What exactly is the cause of a cold and headache? In fact, there are two types of headaches: cold headaches caused by external factors and cold headaches caused by internal factors. If it is external, add or remove clothes in time according to the sudden change of cold or hot weather. If it is an internal factor, you need long-term conditioning to change it. In addition, let's take a look at why pregnant women have headaches and nausea?

Contents of this article

1. What causes colds and headaches?

2. Diet therapy for colds and headaches

3. Why do pregnant women have headaches and nausea?

What causes colds and headaches?

Cold headache caused by external factors

The sudden change of weather from cold to hot, due to the failure to add or remove clothes in time, leads to a large temperature difference between the body temperature and the outside temperature, which can easily cause colds. In addition, because the weather is getting colder or hotter, many people like to stay at home and do not go out for more exercise, which makes the body lazy, fails to promote blood circulation, and reduces the body's detoxification. When the toxins accumulated in the body are too high, the precursors of a cold appear, such as bloating, diarrhea, loss of appetite, nausea and other symptoms. The above two reasons "cooperate" to cause a cold. If you do not go out for exercise, the air in the house is not circulating, and the human body does not breathe in fresh oxygen, it will also cause hypoxia in the head, causing headaches.

Internal factors of the body cause cold headaches

1. Cold and fever stimulate the nervous system and cause headaches

Fever stimulates the central nervous system and causes disorders. Many harmful metabolites such as lactic acid, carbon dioxide, potassium ions, etc. are produced in the body, which stimulate the nervous system and cause nerve pain reactions. In addition, when fever occurs, the sympathetic nerves are in an excited state and can produce a large amount of catecholamines. This substance acts on the nerves and causes internal circulation disorders. All of the above substances have the effect of causing pain and dilating blood vessels. The dilation of blood vessels affects the pain-sensing peripheral nerves of the blood vessels, thus causing headaches.

2. Low intracranial pressure headache

Headaches of low intracranial pressure rarely occur after a cold, but they often occur in weak female patients, slowly worsening, often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, dizziness, tinnitus, neck stiffness, blurred vision, etc. Headaches are clearly related to body position, appearing or aggravating when standing, and relieved or disappearing when lying down. Headaches often occur within 15 minutes after changing body position.

3. Headache caused by increased intracranial pressure

Pathogen toxins directly act on blood vessels, causing small blood vessels to dilate and paralyze, and increase permeability; infection and invasion of the meninges can cause inflammatory reactions and increased intracranial pressure headaches. As intracranial pressure increases, the pressure on the entire head also increases, causing a feeling of swelling and pain in the head.

4. Rhinogenic headache

The pathogenic factors themselves can also directly cause headaches, such as upper respiratory tract infection involving the paranasal sinuses leading to rhinogenic headaches. This type of headache has a certain location and time. For example, when you bend down, wear a tight collar, or exert all your strength, the venous pressure will increase, causing congestion in the nasal mucosa and worsening the headache.

Diet therapy for cold and headache

Mints

Method: 30g mint powder (or 5g edible mint oil), 500g granulated sugar, a little water. Put granulated sugar in a stainless steel pot, add a little water, and simmer over low heat until the sugar dissolves and turns into a thick syrup. Then add mint powder (or edible mint oil), mix well, and continue to simmer until the syrup is in a stringy shape when you pick it up with a spatula and it is not sticky. Then remove from the heat. Pour the sugar into a large flat porcelain dish coated with edible oil, level it, wait for it to cool slightly, cut the sugar into strips, and then into 100 small pieces.

Function: Regular consumption can treat wind-heat colds, headaches, red eyes and other symptoms.

Honeysuckle porridge

Preparation method: 9 grams of honeysuckle and 9 grams of light black beans, boil in water to remove the residue, add 60 grams of polished rice and cook into porridge.

Effect: Honeysuckle is cold in nature, can clear away heat and detoxify, evacuate wind-heat, and also has an inhibitory effect on cold viruses without hurting vitality; light fermented black beans are cool in nature and are often used together with honeysuckle to treat wind-heat colds. It is very suitable for wind-heat colds and influenza patients with fever, headache, sore throat as the main symptoms.

Fangfeng porridge

Method: 15g of Saposhnikovia divaricata, 3 slices of ginger, 2 stems of green onion, 50g of rice. Cook into porridge and take it while hot, cover with a blanket and lie quietly, preferably with less sweating.

Effect: It can clear away heat and dispel wind, dispel cold and relieve pain. It is suitable for colds, headaches and body aches, chills and fever, joint pains, nasal congestion and heavy breathing, intestinal rumbling and diarrhea, etc.

Fish head soup with angelica and coriander

Preparation: 10g Angelica dahurica (available at Chinese medicine stores), 30-40g coriander, 1 fish head, 100g pork fat, 5 slices of ginger. Wash everything, cut the fish head in half from the gills, and slice the pork fat. First, put the Angelica dahurica in a clay pot, add 1500ml (6 bowls) of water, and boil for 10 minutes. Filter out the liquid and put it in an iron wok. Add ginger and boil. Then add the fish head and pork fat and boil until cooked. Add coriander and salt.

Effect: Chinese medicine Angelica dahurica is a medicine for dispelling exterior pathogens. It is warm in nature and pungent in taste. It has the effects of dispelling wind, drying, draining pus and relieving pain. It is often used for colds, headaches, nasal congestion, and brow pain. Its pungent and fragrant aroma has a strong effect of lifting the nose, opening the orifices and relieving pain. Combined with the diaphoretic coriander and fish head, it has a pleasant pungent aroma, can dispel heat and accumulate heat, and is very effective for the initial stage of colds, nasal sinus discomfort, runny nose and wind-heat colds.

Hangchrysanthemum Sugar Tea

Method: 30 grams of chrysanthemum sugar, appropriate amount of white sugar. Soak the chrysanthemum in boiling water in a teapot and add appropriate amount of white sugar.

Function: Clears lung qi and relieves cough, clears triple-burner fire. Suitable for patients with early onset of wind-heat cold, headache and fever.

Ginger Sweet and Sour Tea

Preparation: Take 3 grams each of ginger, vinegar and tea leaves and 10 grams of brown sugar, put them into a teacup, brew with boiling water, cover and simmer for 5 minutes, drink as tea, 3 times a day.

Function: It has the effect of relieving exterior syndrome with pungent heat and warmth, and is suitable for treating headache, nasal congestion and clear runny nose at the onset of a cold caused by wind and cold.

Nepeta porridge

Preparation: 10g of Nepeta, 15g of Douchi, 5g of Mint, and 50g of Rice. Boil the first three ingredients in water to extract the juice for later use (Nepeta and Douchi contain volatile oils, so they should not be boiled for a long time); cook the rice into porridge, add the juice when the porridge is cooked, and take it twice a day for 3 consecutive days.

Effect: It can induce sweating and relieve exterior symptoms, clear away heat and relieve sore throat, reduce fever and relieve restlessness. It is suitable for colds, fever and chills, headache, restlessness, sore throat, insomnia, etc.

Stir-fried green pepper with black beans

Method: 250g green pepper, 250g black bean, appropriate amount of cooking oil and refined salt. Stir-fry the green pepper and black bean separately, then stir-fry the green pepper and black bean evenly, and season.

Function: It can relieve exterior symptoms, relieve restlessness, relieve depression and detoxify, and treat typhoid fever, fever, cold and heat headaches.

Double flower radish juice

Preparation: 15g honeysuckle, 5g isatis root, 1 white radish, about 400g. Wash the white radish and squeeze the juice for later use. Boil honeysuckle and isatis root with water for about 10 minutes, add the white radish juice and boil for a while, take warm, 1 to 2 times a day.

Function: It has the function of clearing away heat and relieving exterior symptoms, and is used to treat headaches caused by wind-heat.

Mulberry, Chrysanthemum and Mint Drink

Preparation method: 6 grams of mulberry leaves, 6 grams of chrysanthemum, 3 grams of mint, 15 grams of bitter bamboo leaves, a little honey, add appropriate amount of water, boil, and take frequently instead of tea.

Function: Mulberry leaves clear lung heat; chrysanthemum dispels wind-heat, improves eyesight and soothes the liver; mint is an important medicine for dispersing wind-heat and can quickly relieve cold symptoms such as fever and headache.

Vietnamese Beef Soup

Method: 300g beef tendon, 1/2 lemon, some mint leaves. 5g salt, 5g fish sauce, some sugar, a piece of ginger, a little cooking wine. Slice the beef thinly, add the ingredients and marinate for 15 minutes; Pour 1000ml water into the pot, bring to a boil, pour in the marinated beef; Use a spoon to pick up the floating matter, turn down the heat and cook for half an hour, add the sliced ​​lemon, then drop a few drops of fish sauce, and finally add the mint leaves and bring to a boil.

Effect: Lemon can prevent colds, and mint can refresh and relieve depression, treat colds and headaches, relieve heat and detoxify, strengthen the stomach and reduce inflammation, and prevent and remove fishy smells. Therefore, this soup can refresh the mind and has a certain therapeutic effect on colds and headaches.

Sweating soybean porridge

Preparation: 15g of light fermented black beans, 2g of ephedra, 5g of schizonepeta, 30g of kudzu root, 3g of gardenia, 60g of gypsum, 3 slices of ginger, 2 stems of scallion, 100g of rice. Boil the above medicines in water to extract the juice, add rice and cook into porridge for consumption, 1-2 doses per day.

Effect: It can induce sweating and clear away heat, and is suitable for high fever caused by cold, shortness of breath due to lung heat, headache without sweating, irritability and insomnia, dry throat and thirst, etc. Sweating fermented soybean porridge is a large-scale compound medicinal porridge for treating cold and fever, with more medicinal flavors, complex compatibility and better effect.

Scallion Porridge

Method: 5-7 scallions, 4 slices of ginger, 60 grams of glutinous rice, and appropriate amount of rice vinegar. Peel the ginger, wash and cut into strips, wash the scallions and cut into cubes. Wash the glutinous rice, put it into the pot with the ginger, add appropriate amount of water, cook it into porridge over low heat, then add the scallions and boil, season, then add the rice vinegar and cook for a while.

Function: It has the functions of dispelling exterior pathogens, promoting yang, and treating headache and abdominal pain caused by typhoid fever.

Why do pregnant women have headaches and nausea?

This is a normal pregnancy reaction, don't worry, most pregnant women will experience morning sickness. Morning sickness will occur around the 5th week of pregnancy. Especially nausea will occur in the morning and evening, and vomiting will occur without any reason.

I was eating peacefully, but I felt sick as soon as I smelled something. My appetite completely disappeared and my weight also dropped. In addition, most pregnant mothers have various types of headaches. At this time, they will worry about whether it will affect the fetus.

Morning sickness is a normal early pregnancy reaction, so pregnant mothers don’t need to worry too much. If morning sickness is too severe, you can seek help from a doctor.