Stress, traffic and finances ‘main causes of headaches’

STRESS at work, traffic jams and financial worries are causing more than one million Irish people to suffer from regular headaches, research has found.

Headache is the second most common form of pain in Ireland today, and experts are highlighting the importance of striking a work-life balance to ward off the pain which often leads to sleepless nights, moodiness or poor performance at work.

Research published yesterday found that half of all headaches are caused by stress in the work place, 10% are related to financial worries and 13% are caused by sitting in traffic jams.