Treatment
With a healthy lifestyle, complaints can often be improved. These include avoiding excessive amounts of caffeine and alcohol, abstaining from nicotine, getting enough sleep and exercise, and keeping your blood pressure at the right level. In general, a holistic view of the complaints is beneficial.
The individual needs of the patient should be taken into account. This can be consulted: Ergo- and physiotherapy (e.g. massages, physiotherapy), physical applications (e.g.
cold and heat applications), psychotherapy (e.g. behaviour therapy, biofeedback methods), naturopathic methods or acupuncture. The measures mentioned can be useful for every patient. Especially since a cause of the headache cannot always be found.
However, if burning headaches occur over a longer period of time, keeping a headache diary can be very helpful in finding the cause and planning the therapy. If an underlying disorder is known, it should be treated appropriately. In this case, various medications can be used for short and long-term pain treatment.
For severe tension headaches, simple painkillers (e.g. ibuprofen) can help. It should be noted that headaches can be aggravated if taken too frequently (painkiller-induced headache). Restraint is required here.
Psychotherapy and antidepressants can help with depression. If multiple sclerosis is present, a variety of medications (e.g. cortisone) can be considered. The aim is to regulate the immune system, which attacks the body’s own nerves.
In this case care by neurologists is necessary. At this point, we recommend that you also consider home remedies for headaches. Medicines can relieve the pain for a certain period of time, but in the long run they bring numerous side effects.
Duration
The duration of burning varies depending on the cause. As this is not always found, the complaints can persist in the long term. Here, the individually adapted, holistic treatment is especially important to prevent progression and provide relief.
However, if the cause of the burning is clear, a quick and goal-oriented therapy is necessary. However, it is often a recurrent or persistent symptom. However, the appropriate treatments are effective.
Associated symptoms
The burning sensation in the head can be accompanied by numerous other symptoms: headaches of other kinds (stinging, tingling, drilling, throbbing, etc. ), a feeling of pressure, visual disturbances, dizziness, nausea, sensitivity to light, sweating, reddening of the eyes, lacrimation, insomnia, fatigue, exhaustion, ringing in the ears, loss of facial muscles, double vision, taste or smell disturbances, loss of appetite and depressive moods. A feeling of pressure can occur especially with high blood pressure, stress or wrong nutrition.
A pain diary can be helpful in identifying the cause. Attention should be paid to the following points: in which situations do the complaints occur? Are there triggers?
Is the pressure persistent or relapsing? Is the intensity constant or fluctuating throughout the day? Where exactly is the feeling of pressure: on the whole head or limited to one region?
All this information can help the affected person and his or her doctor to find causes and treat them or at least provide relief by avoiding triggers. Burning as a form of headache can of course also be accompanied by headaches of all other kinds: drilling, pulsating, pricking, pressing, pulling. It is also important to pay attention to the characteristics of the complaints.
Do the burning and the rest of the headache occur simultaneously or independently of each other? If the burning is part of a common tension headache, painkillers such as aspirin or ibuprofen can help. If the burning sensation is an independent complaint in addition to the headache, a doctor should be consulted for further clarification.
Muscular tension is a common occurrence in the population. In the context of sports injuries or in everyday life due to incorrect posture and strain. These tensions can cause massive pain and radiate far from their point of origin.
The back and spine should always be considered as a possible cause. Are joint or spinal problems already known? Are there any occupational (heavy lifting at work) or private (overweight, lack of exercise) risks?
Diseases of the intervertebral discs should be emphasized here in particular. This is an extremely common symptom of wear and tear in middle age, which should be tackled early with exercise, physiotherapy and painkillers. This symptom often occurs as a concomitant of other complaints.
A cause can also be a disease of the organ of balance in the inner ear. In addition to nausea, this can also lead to dizziness, vomiting and possibly hearing disorders. However, it can also be an indication of increased intracranial pressure, caused for example by brain tumours or bleeding. The latter are serious, but rather rare causes.
