Alcohol can trigger either a migraine or a cluster headache. There are 3 main triggers in alcohol: Dark alcoholic beverages, such as red wine, sherry, brandy, scotch, bourbon, and beer, contain tyramine. Tyramine is an amino acid that occurs naturally in your body and is also found in many foods.
Sometimes a twin pregnancy just happens. In other cases, specific factors are at play. For example, a twin pregnancy is more likely as you get older because hormonal changes can cause more than one egg to be released at a time. Use of assisted reproductive technologies â such as in vitro fertilization â also boosts the odds of twins or other multiples.
Female hormones. Just as pregnancy hormone changes can cause hair loss, so can switching or going off birth-control pills. This can also cause telogen effluvium, and it may be more likely if you have a family history of hair loss. The change in the hormonal balance that occurs at menopause may also have the same result. âThe androgen (male hormone) receptors on the scalp becoming activated,â explains Mark Hammonds, MD, a dermatologist with Scott & White Clinic in Round Rock, Texas.