Sunday, 10 August 2014

Pick your headaches

Many causes of headaches such as stress, lack of sleep, annoyance and fatigue.However, how many people care about this pain?


Sometimes we'd rather let the pain master himself to cause a sense of lack of love to the people around due to the volatile emotions.


To learn more about headache causes and how management, pharmaceutical firms and health care, Glaxo Smith Kline Consumer Healthcare (GSK) did a survey to under stand pain management Other 2014.

The studies carried out in the global market research firm, Ipsos. The survey sample group comprised 306 Malaysians aged 18 to 65 years from Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Penang, Ipoh and Johor Bahru ever feel the pain within six months ago.


The review aims to ascertain the perceptions and attitudes of the people in this country of pain management. Findings shared to encourage more patients do pain management as a priority in their lives in order to avoid negative impacts.

The survey found on average, Malaysians suffer from headaches twice a month within three months ago.

It also reported individuals who suffer from headaches typically wait two to three hours before treatment should be.

According to Marketing Director GSK Consumer Healthcare Sdn Bhd Katharine Chen, the survey aims to increase the understanding of the people in this country how to manage pain perception and pain effects on life, respectively.

"Our desire to raise the awareness of the public on the importance of taking serious steps to manage pain and share information about the taking of medications.

"The Mission of the company is to enhance the quality of life by enabling people to do more activities on demand," he said.

She said, increased awareness of the pain caused to give effect to the community since most individuals who suffer from headaches to act as babysitters.

This is an urgent matter because the survey shows major nanny as parents and women more easily suffer from headache.

Children may feel neglected if parents often grumble or less waits for Red their due to not seek treatment the pain as appropriate.


Effects and treatment

Counseling psychologist, Chief master of counseling and senior lecturer of the University HELP Malaysia Dr. Jegathesan said Anasuya Jegathevi, many people do not believe the pain was able to change their behavior.

"The reality, endure pain on an ongoing basis have a negative impact on the situation in the person's emotional and psychological as well as impact to the community around.

"The pain can lead to a sense of low self-esteem and depression. In fact, those who suffer due to illness may experience frustration and the ' mood ' of uncertainty.

"Patients are also likely to feel lonely and isolated as the pain makes it difficult for them to socialize," he said.

He added, though family and friends are usually the source of support for the patients, the relationship can become strained due to negative emotional state of the patient. This can affect widespread given the common pain such as headaches become more frequent in the modern society and high pressure.

Expert pain management and Anesthesia Dr Raju Gopinathan say, identify and treat pain can be complex since every patient feel pain differently.

"Perception and experience as well as tolerance towards pain influenced a wide range of factors. The World Health Organization formulate tiered approach to pain management using medication to treat the pain of mild, moderate and severe.

"For the pain regular or light, drugs such as paracetamol is counter market drugs frequently used to provide relief," he said.

For headaches that broke out due to the pressure of work, lack of time and sleep, stress and annoyance, stress and anxiety and fatigue, intake of paracetamol are encouraged in the early stages of pain before the condition becomes worse.

Now, paracetamol is normal medicine taken to help relieve headaches believed secure, cost-effective and easy to come by as well as already in use for a long time.

However, it is important for consumers not to go beyond the maximum recommended dose per day and make sure not to take more than one type of medication containing paracetamol at the same time.