Lupus Headaches Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments [INFOGRAPHIC]
7 min readAug 4, 2019
- Lupus headaches have various triggers and they can feel like your head is pounding from the middle to front of your skull down into your mouth. It can feel like burning sensation from your neck and pounding up to the back of your skull.
- Lupus and headaches. While it can get complicated trying to figure out the causes, there are a few. First, it could be vitamin and mineral deficiencies or “low normal” lab work. TMJ and tight jaw muscles and sitting down often can push all of our vertebrae and joints out of place especially as we deal with chronic inflammation making it worse. Lupus headaches and neck pain are a thing too!
- Lupus headache relief depends on the cause. So, sometimes taking high quality and ingredient friendly supplements helps, staying hydrated with coconut water or electrolyte powder too. Chiropractic care and TMJ relief using at home massage techniques(see below) help prevent them!
Lupus headaches can feel a little different depending on the cause.
I’m going to describe how headaches feel. From there it will help you determine your cause so you can read more in section 2.
Then, once you understand how it happens and why the Lupus Headache Relief section will help you prevent and stop symptoms!