Types of headaches
Headache:
What are
headache and the most common reason of the
headache?
A
headache in the medical terms is also known as cephalgia. The head ache is a condition of mild to awful pain in the head. This pain sometimes attacks the neck or upper
back pain may also be referred to as a
headache. The
headache is among the most common local pain complaints. in the normal day the brain should not ache because of minute reasons because the brain itself is not sensitive to pain. The brain is not sensitive because it lacks pain-sensitive nerve fibers. Some of the areas in the head can hurt, including a network of nerves. Because the nerve system although does not exist in brain but it extends over the scalp and certain nerves in the face, mouth, and throat. The blood vessels in the head also have pain perception.
Headache often results from the irritation in the blood vessels.
How many types of
headaches are there?
There are many types of
headaches. There are as many as 150 diagnostic
headache categories have been established. The most common types of
headache are:
Tension
headache: the tension
headache is also called chronic daily
headaches or chronic non-progressive
headaches. It is the most common type of
headaches among adults and youngsters. The muscle contraction in the head muscles causes this pain. The pain can be mild or severe in the head.
Migraines: The exact cause of
migraine pains is not known. The
migraines is said to be related to blood vessel contractions and other changes in the brain. The inherited abnormalities in certain areas of the brain can also cause the
migraines
Mixed
headache pain: this is also called as the transformed
migraines. The mixed
headache is also called as combination of
migraine and tension
headaches.
Cluster
headaches: this type of
headache is not common but this is the most severe kind of
headache. The pain in this type of
headache is too severe that most cluster
headache sufferers cannot sit still at the time of the cluster
headache attack.
Sinus
headache: Sinus
headaches are related with a deep and steady pain in the cheekbones, forehead or bridge of the nose.
Acute
headaches: this type of
headache is mostly seen in the children. This type of
headache comes suddenly and subsides in a relatively short period of time.
Hormonal
headaches:
headaches mostly to the women at the time of changing of hormone are called the hormonal
headaches.
