Types of Headaches
There are quite a number of commonly-known type of headache. These include pressure headaches, migraine headaches, tension headaches, chronic daily headaches, cluster headaches, ice pick headaches and sinus headaches.
A migraine headache can be a rather severe, debilitating headache. This sort of headache has a profound effect on the every day lives of its sufferers. The pain is either a pulsating sensation or sometimes a throbbing kind of head pain. This throbbing pain can vary from moderate to severe. The symptoms of migraine headaches include nausea and extreme audio-visual sensitivity. The migraine type of headache usually comes with a precursive warning feeling sometimes called an ‘aura’.
The aura is experienced in the form of alterations in visual perception. You may see bright flashes, swirls or blurs and sometimes you may even lose a part of your sight. You could also experience a numbness or a tingling in your arms. These precursory warning symptoms will dissipate a while before the migraine attack begins. A migraine headache can last for up to three days without any treatment, before it recedes.
The kinds of tension headache cause a dull but constant pain around the forehead or the sides or back of the head. Some people liken a tension headache to a tight band around the head. This is considered to be one of the most common types of headache. In a tension headache you will not find such symptoms as light sensitivity, nausea or vomiting.
Tension headaches occur in episodic or chronic kinds. Usually, most sufferers of this sort of tension headache, experience chronic headaches. It is estimated that about 40% of the population suffers from tension headaches. Chronic daily headaches are another of these types of headache.
Most chronic daily headaches are tension headaches or headaches that are caused by too much pain medication. With these sorts of headache, the pain is of a constant, dull nature – there can also be a feeling of tightness like a rubber band around the head. A chronic daily headache is distinguished by its duration: the pain must last for at least 15 days per month during a three month period of time.
Another kind of headache is the Cluster headaches. This is a rare but very painful type of headache. The name of the headache arises from the fact that the headache pain occurs in clusters. Often, periods of Cluster headaches may last weeks or months. This time period is followed by long periods of no headaches.
Cluster headaches are to be found on one side of the head. Usually the sharp, penetrating pain begins behind an eye. Cluster headaches cause red, teary eyes, a stuffy nose and sometimes symptoms like nausea and sensitivity to light may occur.
These are a few of the many types of headaches that can occur. The pain from the headache can be mild or it can be very severe. To obtain relief from these headaches you should talk with your doctor about medication or you can buy some over the counter headache pain medicaments.
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