• Question: Why do we get sore head?

    Asked by sfyfe to Alexandra, Dean, Jess, Luisa, Sian on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sian Foch-Gatrell

      Sian Foch-Gatrell answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      The brain its self cannot detect pain so its not a pain in your brain but of that around your brain, in your head generally which could be cause by many things. Such as blood vessels swelling or constricting; lack of blood flow; underlying medical conditions; fever; head injuries; infections; increased pressure in the skull or sinuses; tumours; tension; eye strain… there are probably lots more

    • Photo: Alexandra Kamins

      Alexandra Kamins answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Do you mean headaches? i don’t know.

    • Photo: Dean Whittaker

      Dean Whittaker answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Don’t know unfortunately – I don’t often get sore heads either!

    • Photo: Luisa Ostertag

      Luisa Ostertag answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I think there can be many many reasons responsible for a sore head.
      For example if we don’t drink enough water we might get it. Or if we drink too much alcohol (which kind of leads to too little water in the blood again) we might get it. If we bang our head against doors/ walls etc we will most likely get it too. 😉 And some people suffer from migraines, which they might get if they are very stressed but sometimes maybe just because their hormone levbels are different to other days. Sometimes I get a headache just because I wore my hair in a ponytail all day. Oh, and you can get a sore head if you are very tense and not relaxed.

      Basically a sore head means that some nerves, blood vessels, or cerebral membranes in your head that are susceptible to pain have been irritated. Your actual brain cannot feel pain.

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