Head ache the day after surgery? It's probably a "coffee headache".
Seattle Plastic Surgeon advises coffee drinker patients to have a cup of coffee ASAP after surgery.
I did surgery on a vigorously healthy middle aged lady yesterday and today she was doing fine except for a really, really bad headache. My very astute nurse told her to drink two cups of coffee and see if that helped. Sure enough, a little caffeine in the system and the headache disappeared.
Coffee headaches are pretty common after surgery because patients cannot eat or drink anything the morning of surgery so regular coffee drinkers miss out on that dose of caffeine and they often don’t feel like a cup of coffee for a few days after surgery.
So, if you had a tummy tuck yesterday and your head hurts more than your tummy, you just may have a coffee headache and the cure is a nice hot cup of coffee. Bottoms up!
Thanks for reading! Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder
@lisalynnsowder
