What Are The Types of Headaches
There are several types of headaches, and the medical community has established a definite set of categories for each.Most headaches fall into the primary category. Primary headaches occur to almost everyone, and are not a serious or life threatening issue. That said, primary headaches can be quite painful on some occasions, or can become a chronic problem. Although this isn't life threatening, it can be a serious impediment to quality of life. Fixing these kinds of primary headaches can be crucial to restoring enjoyment of daily life activities. Correcting issues regarding primary headaches is usually possible with just over the counter medication.
Cluster headaches are a far more serious kind of headache that can seriously debilitate a patient if not treated. Although not life threatening in itself, the pain associated with a cluster headache can drive patients to take unreasonable measures. Cluster headaches are so called because they occur in chronological groupings, and can be very hard to predict. This means that treatment over the course of a lifetime is difficult, resulting in first occurences that are hard to avoid. A cluster headache can disable an individual, so great is the pain. Pain typically focuses behind one or both eyes. Patients may undergo a pain crisis when presented with a cluster headache.Treatment for this pain should be the immediate and overriding concern. Over the counter medications may do little to help under these circumstances.
Secondary headaches are far rarer, and signify an underlying issue.As it implies, a secondary type headache is actually a symptom of another problem. Secondary headaches signify a problem in the brain that may or may not be life threatening. In the most serious of cases, a secondary headache can be a sign of a brain tumor. Poor blood flow and internal bleeding can also trigger secondary headaches.Frequent headaches should prompt you to get an examination by a physician.
Most headaches including migrain headaches suffered fit into the primary headache category. What are the Causes Of Migraine headaches, primary and secondary headaches ?As much as ninety percent of primary headaches are caused by so called "tension" headaches. A Tension Headache occurs when the muscles over the skull contract tightly, putting a painful amount of pressure on the head. The pain can typically be felt around the temples and around the eyes.Pain relief can often times be achieved by using a variety of over the counter drugs.
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Headaches (Hardcover) $137.97 Headache: Through the Centuries illuminates the history of headaches with a particular interest in how the disorder has been understood and treated since the earliest recorded accounts, dating from around 4000 BC. Different types of headache were being recognized as early as the 2nd century AD. Over the years, though, the classification of types of headache has changed so that headache patterns described in the past are often difficult to relate to present-day types of headache. Since that time, a great deal of material on the topic has become available, the full gamut of manifestations of the disorder has been described, and considerable insight into its mechanisms has been obtained, though no completely satisfactory explanation of the disorder has yet become available. Providing an extensive history and the development of our understanding of headache over the course of six millennia, Headache: Through the Centuries is thought-provoking and relevant reading for neurologists, medical historians, and anyone interested in headaches. |
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