The Different 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 kind 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 sensation sometimes called an ‘aura’.
This aura is experienced in the form of changes in visual perception. You may see bright flashes or blurs and sometimes you may even lose part of your vision. You may even experience a numbness or a tingling in your arms. These 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 subsides.
The sorts of tension headache cause a dull, constant pain in the forehead, the sides or back of the head. Some people liken a tension headache to a tight band wrapped around the head and it is considered to be one of the most common sorts of headache. A tension headache does not create symptoms like light sensitivity, loss of sight, nausea and vomiting.
Tension headaches occur in episodic or chronic types. GenerallyUsually, most sufferers of this kind 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 kinds of headache.
Most of the time chronic daily headaches are tension headaches or headaches that result from ingesting too much pain medication. In these types of headache, the pain is a constant, dull pain. There is also a feeling or tightness like a rubber band around the head. A chronic daily headache can be distinguished by duration: that is the pain must last for 15 or more consecutive days per month during a three month period of time.
Another sort of headache is the Cluster headache group, which is a rare but very painful type of headache. The name of the headache arises from the fact that the headache occurs in clusters of pain. Frequently, periods of continuous Cluster headaches may last weeks or months. This time is followed by long periods of no headaches at all.
Cluster headaches are usually experienced on one side of the head only. Usually the sharp, penetrating pain begins behind one eye. Cluster headaches cause red, teary eyes, a stuffy nose and sometimes symptoms like nausea and sensitivity to light may be present too.
These are just a few of the many sorts of headaches that can occur. The pain from the headache can be mild or it can be very severe. To find relief from these headaches you should talk to your doctor about treatment or you can buy some over the counter headache pain tablets.
