cause and effect

Headaches can have several causes.  One obvious cause is stress.  People have hectic lives and frequently have multiple stressors everyday, like work, family and money. Another reason for headaches in some people has to do with diet.  Some get headaches because they are dependent on caffeine.  Other people may be allergic to salt, or they may have low blood sugar.  The environment can also cause this uncomfortable condition.  Allergens such as household chemicals including polishes, waxes, bug killers, and paint can lead to headaches. Lowering stress, controlling your diet and avoiding allergens can help avoid headaches.

Recurring headaches can have initiate disruptive effects in a person's life.  Initially, in many cases, these headaches make a person nauseous to the point that he or she must go to bed.  Furthermore, sleep is often interrupted because of the pain.  Disrupted sleep worsens the physical and emotional state of the sufferer.  For those who try to maintain a normal lifestyle, drugs are often relied on to get through the day.  Such drugs, of course, can lead to other negative effects.  Drugs can inhibit productivity on a job, perhaps even causing regular absences.  Not only is work affected, but the seemingly unpredictable occurrence of these headaches leads to disruption in family life.  The interruption to a person's family life is enormous: cancelling plans in the last minute and straining relationships with friends and family.  It is no wonder that many of these people feel discouraged and even depressed due to the cycle of misery reoccurring headaches cause.

Africa provides enough proof that AIDS affects economics.  The disease takes the lives of adults in their most productive working years.  To train new workers and take care of sick ones can come at a high price. When tens of millions of working –age adults become sick and die, economic output suffers.  Across the African continent, AIDS has cut deeply into productivity.  In Zambia and South Africa, income in households of AIDS sufferers has declined by 66 to 80 percent.  The International Monetary Fund predicts that AIDS may reduce economic growth by as much as 2 percent in sub-Saharan Africa.  The World Bank cautions that South Africa’s economy could collapse in a few generations if the AIDS crisis isn’t averted.