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Hangover Headache

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Hangover Headache
Intense cephalgia and malaise on waking, often prematurely, after a night of binge drinking or with prolonged use of benzodiazepines. Hangover headaches are often accompanied by mental dulling, hyperacusia, mild incoordination, tremor and nausea, due to the toxic effects of alcohol and its metabolites and dehydration

hangover headache
Substance abuse Intense cephalgia and malaise on waking, after a night of binge drinking or with prolonged use of benzodiazepines; the HH is often accompanied by mental dulling, hyperacusia, mild incoordination, tremor and nausea, due to the toxic effects of alcohol and its metabolites and dehydration. See Eyeopener.


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Our results suggest that dehydration or impurities in alcohol are not responsible for hangover headache," Dr.
The body reacts to this by taking water from other areas, such as the brain, resulting in a hangover headache.
Your brain can't hurt: However, while you may feel as if your hangover headache is caused by your brain hurting, your brain actually can't feel pain because it has no pain receptors.
 
 
 
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