Headache - Types And Treatment
Definition of headache:
Headache is the most common complaint, and it may sometimes indicate a health problem, but this does not happen except in rare cases.
Headache types:
There are many basic forms of headaches, but there are three common types:
Tension headache:
- It affects both genders, male and female.
- It gradually causes pain, tightness, or pressure in the neck, forehead, or scalp.
Migraine:
- It causes moderate or severe pain, often in the form of a pulse.
- The number of females who are infected with it is three times the number of males.
- It may start in adolescence and sometimes after the age of forty.
- It may be preceded by a change in eyesight or painful tingling on one side of the face or body.
- It is often associated with nausea and sensitivity to light and noise.
Cluster headache:
- It causes constant and annoying pain in and around one of the eyes that occurs sequentially and begins at the same time of the day or night.
- It causes redness in the eyes and coldness on one side of the face.
- This type of headache occurs regularly in terms of time and is also associated with the seasons.
- It often affects men, especially smokers.
- A headache of this type lasts for a period that may take from 15 minutes to about half an hour
Headache Treatment:
Pain relievers are often used and they give an effective result. In the event that the pain does not stop for more than two days, a doctor must be consulted to conduct tests, as this headache may be a symptom of a specific disease, especially if the headache is accompanied by:
- High temperature.
- Stiffness in the neck.
- spasm;
- breathing difficulties .
Headache triggers:
To avoid a headache, you should stay away from some of the triggers for it, and they differ for different people:
- smoking.
- High blood pressure .
- Psychological tension and stress.
- Changes in sleeping or eating times.
- Changes that occur in women’s hormones during the period of the menstrual cycle or after it stops and ends.
- Bright and high beam:
- Perfumes with a strong smell and perfumes with a high concentration.
- Places with poor ventilation and non-renewable air.
- loud noise
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