Why do you get a headache when you cry?

Answer 1

It could be possible that you are stressed,and stress dose end up in a headache.
crying is good for you as it clears the eyes,but it should not cause a headache unless it is stress.

Answer 2

Although I'm not a medical doctor, I do get headaches a lot, every time after I cry, and ESPECIALLY hormonal-fluctuation (PMS) migraines that last 10-14 consecutive days every month, as well as have taken a Pathophysiology course back in the 1st year of pharmacy school. Where is your headache at? Is it a band around the entire forehead, possibly wrapping all the way around your head that extends to your lower neck? Or even slightly to the beginning part of your shoulders? Is the pain/pressure more around your sinus areas? Or is it more "inside" your head, like at a place where it feels unreachable? On a scale of 1-10, how severe is the pain? During your headache, are you sensitive to any light or sound? Do you experience any nausea or visual changes during these headaches? Also during the headache, do you feel any dizziness or confusions (like the pain is so bad that you can't keep track of your surrounding or what you're doing)? How long does the headache usually last after each crying? What methods do you use to relieve the headache (OTC pain meds, laying down, turning off lights, etc)? Do those methods work? Or does it last until even after you've taken a nap, or went to bed and still wake up with the headache? Jot down notes of answers to these questions, which helps to narrow down which category of headaches you have: Muscle-Contraction Headaches (such as possible eyes, ears, and paranasal sinus disorders that produce reflex muscle contractions, or the more common tension headache) or Migraine (the KEY difference from regular headaches is the light & sound sensitivity, sometimes even nausea and vomiting). There are very little reports recorded in medical literature of patients' crying as a direct precipitating factor in triggering headaches. My personal theory, based upon my recollection of Pathophysiology knowledge, is that the crying causes inflammation or swelling of the mucous membrane of the nose, thus we experience the runny nose and congestion. If you have a genetic disposition for paranasal sinus disorders (such as rhinitis---allergy-related or not---and sinusitis, which blocks the passage through which mucus drains through), the sinus congestion will most definitely cause a headache for you. If this headache is severe (you rate the pain as an 8 or higher), or if you suspect it's a migraine headache and not just a common tension headache (the light & sound sensitivity, with or without nausea), or if you do have chronic sinus problems/infections (tendency to have it throughout most of the year and not just seasonal allergy problems), definitely go see a doctor. Bring in the notes of answers you have jotted down from the questions above and discuss in full detail with your doctor to try and nail down the culprit of your headaches. Best wishes.

Answer 3

Well, if you're crying odds are you are stressed. Being stressed can bring on a headache. Also, your body is probably releasing hormones when you cry. Fluctuations in hormone levels can also cause headaches.

Answer 4

Because you tend not only to cry, but get emotional, and start to over think the situation, and replay the event in your mind again and again. All of this is hard work on the brain, and it's letting you know the only way it can, by causing pain, warning you to cut it out.

It's lucky we humans don't have smoke coming out of our brains! lol

As a great man once sang, "Don't worry... Be happy!..."

Answer 5

Because cryings not always good for you.

Here's a fun fact. They say you'll live longer if you smile and laugh a lot.

Answer 6

cuz crying causes your sinuses to fill up, which leads to the pressure causing the headache. But try not to cry too much because it may have the chance to lead to becoming dehydrated. cheer up honey, hope u feel better!

Answer 7

I never get a headache when I tear but I guess every one is different

Answer 8

Because of the inflamation that occurs in your sinus cavities.

It takes an intense cry to cause this type of head-ache I'm sure.

Answer 9

you prolly cried too much ...
some people cry all day long, literally ... wouldn't be surprised if they get headache after that

Answer 10

when you cry all sort of thoughts sore in your mind and all seem to be irritating and all mix up creating so many illusions that our head starts aching.that happened to me too