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Headaches

            
             Having a headache is one of the most common ways of affecting peoples moods. For years headaches have been putting people in bad moods, causing fights, and even causing serious health problems. People need to know that you should never ignore a pain, that's your bodies way of telling you something's wrong. .
             Headaches can effect our moods, feelings, and our over all health. Much through our lives we all get at least a couple of headaches, and some times we get one so bad that no matter what we"re doing it's going to put us in a bad mood. The American Council for Headache Education reported that in the last year roughly 90% of men and 95% of women had at least one headache. If that was a survey for most anything else we would all be amazed and shocked, but the headache is often passed off as a minor annoyance. Once I was sitting at work and got a headache so bad that I actually had to go to the bathroom and throw up. After that, my mood flipped around and I was just being mean and nasty to every one that talk to me.
             Sometimes headaches can be a lot more extreme then some would come to believe. Theirs a certain type called a migraine headache. All you have to do is talk to some one that's had them, and they will let you know that it can be the most pain full thing you can imagine. Some people that get migraine headaches can sense them coming according to the McKinley Health Center. Or they start to see dark or bright spots, streaks of light, or tunnel vision. My dad suffers from migraines and constant head aches. One time we were at the gas station and my dad locked his keys in the truck. He called the locksmith, and while he was doing this I could see the beginning of a migraine. By the time the locksmith got there my dad was in no mood to mess around he wanted to go home and lay down. The guy opened my dad's truck and then handed him the bill. My dad then handed him the credit card and the locksmith gave it back saying cash only.


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