Why does caffeine help headaches?!


Question: Why does caffeine help headaches.?
Just wondered what in particular it was that made caffeine an effective headache treatment...Health Question & Answer


Answers:
Many headaches are caused by blood vessels in the head being open too wide; coffee is a vaso-constrictor, so it takes away some of the pain. (in migrane type headaches)

Coffee can ease a tension headache by creating a sense of well-being in you.

sometimes the headache can be caused by a sudden removal of coffee from the diet, and coffee can then cure the headache.Health Question & Answer

Its usually the combination of caffeine and aspirin which help headaches. Caffeine helps your body better absorb the aspirin to the blood vessels. Execdrin is an example of a med that contains caffeine and aspirin.Health Question & Answer

Caffiene is a vasodilator, it does open up the blood vessels to allow blood to flow more freely throughout the body, including the head.Health Question & Answer

It opens up the blood vessels and allows blood to flow more freely.Health Question & Answer



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