Like most
individual, we all form the habit of self medication anytime we are having a
headache. We go the closest pharmacy or drug store and request to one of our
favourite drug for headaches or painkillers. Popping a painkiller every time
you have a headache, without knowing the type of the headache, can cause more
harm than good. Headache can be caused due to tension, sinus, migraine or any
other health problems, so it is important to identify the type of headache and
get treated accordingly.
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In this post we
shall be looking at six different types of headaches and what they are all
about. It is proper for you to know the one you are actually experiencing so as
to follow the required medication. They are as follows:
6 different types of headeaches
1. Cluster headache
It includes
extremely severe headache characterised by eye pain, drooping eyelid, redness
and tears in the eyes, followed by runny or blocked nose.
2. Migraine
When you
experience moderate to severe headache on one-side of the face, accompanied by
throbbing feeling and nausea, it indicates migraine. It might last from few
hours to days and occurs recurrently, once a week, month or year.
3. Sinus
Be it cold or
allergy, it causes blockage of the sinuses, leading to pressure building in the
head and radiating to the top of the head, below the eyebrows and around the
cheeks or teeth indicating headache due to sinus infection.
4. Tension headache
Although the exact
cause is not known, it usually manifests when stressed or tensed. Also known as
stress headache, this type of headache manifests as a tight band around the
forehead.
5. Neck headache
Caused due to a
dysfunction of the muscles, nerves or joints in the neck, this type of headache
causes pain to radiate from the back to the front of the head. The symptoms
tend to aggravate or ease with a slight movement of the neck indicating neck
headache.
6. TMJ headache
Known as
temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ), it is caused when the joint is
displaced, leading pressure and stretching of the nerves. It is characterised
by pain in the jaw and ear, which radiates to the head, leading to severe
headache, similar to a form of a tension headache.
Get familiar with these different types of headache
Reviewed by Chibuzor Aguwa
on
Saturday, April 23, 2016
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