IIT test is a headache for students, literally
Sixty-one percent of high school students suffer from tension headaches due to academic pressures and emotional stress according to the Indian Academy of Neurology.
In Hyderabad, neurologists say that they have been seeing a lot of children from Classes 8 to 10 with complaints of headaches that is caused by academic pressure.
The increasing number of Class 8 students enrolling for the IIT coaching courses is said to be one of the reasons.Dr Jaydip R. Chaudhuri, neurophysician at Yashoda Hospital, says, “The burden of extra coaching classes is a pressure point for some children.
Kids with a leaning towards learning are receptive, but children who are pushed into it by their parents get stressed and develop headaches. These are nothing but tension headaches.”
A parent visited a neurologist with their son complaining that he suffers sleepless nights and often stands in the balcony in the dead of the night. When the neurologist questioned him he confessed that he got a headache the minute he picked up a book. The doctors had to counsel the parents and child saying he needed relief from stress.
Dr S. Ramakrishna, general physician at Global Hospitals, said that too much dependence on paracetamol, anacin and other medicines leads to analgesic rebound.
He said, “Too much intake prevents these medicines to work. Students must avoid self medication as it is one of the major reasons for headaches. The best method is to find out the triggers for headache and work towards re-solving it.”
Yoga and meditation are considered to be the best relief methods. Even allopathic doctors recommend these methods for a long lasting result. Dr Chaudhri says that increasing stress levels and headaches are seen in teenage children in urban areas.
In Hyderabad, neurologists say that they have been seeing a lot of children from Classes 8 to 10 with complaints of headaches that is caused by academic pressure.
The increasing number of Class 8 students enrolling for the IIT coaching courses is said to be one of the reasons.Dr Jaydip R. Chaudhuri, neurophysician at Yashoda Hospital, says, “The burden of extra coaching classes is a pressure point for some children.
Kids with a leaning towards learning are receptive, but children who are pushed into it by their parents get stressed and develop headaches. These are nothing but tension headaches.”
A parent visited a neurologist with their son complaining that he suffers sleepless nights and often stands in the balcony in the dead of the night. When the neurologist questioned him he confessed that he got a headache the minute he picked up a book. The doctors had to counsel the parents and child saying he needed relief from stress.
Dr S. Ramakrishna, general physician at Global Hospitals, said that too much dependence on paracetamol, anacin and other medicines leads to analgesic rebound.
He said, “Too much intake prevents these medicines to work. Students must avoid self medication as it is one of the major reasons for headaches. The best method is to find out the triggers for headache and work towards re-solving it.”
Yoga and meditation are considered to be the best relief methods. Even allopathic doctors recommend these methods for a long lasting result. Dr Chaudhri says that increasing stress levels and headaches are seen in teenage children in urban areas.
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