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A headache can be a sign of stress or emotional distress, or it can result from a medical disorder, such as high blood pressure, anxiety, or depression. Headache is a pain in any region of the head. may appear as a sharp pain, a throbbing sensation or a dull ache. Headaches can develop gradually or suddenly and may last from less than an hour to several days. A headache is one of the most commonly experienced all physical discomforts. Headaches are basically of 2 types: primary and secondary. Primary headaches are typically innocuous, such as migraine or tension-type headaches. Secondary headache implies that a serious underlying disease may be the cause of headache, for example, brain tumor, meningitis, or stroke.

Signs & Symptoms of Primary Headaches

  • Nausea & Vomiting
  • Dizziness
  • Scalp tenderness
  • Vertigo
  • Tightness sensation in the head
  • Hypersensitivity to bright lights and loud noise.

Types of Primary Headaches

  • Tension headaches: Tension headaches are the most common type of primary headache. As many as 90% of adults have tension headaches. Tension headaches are more common among women than men.
  • Migraine headaches: Migraine headaches affect children as well as adults. Before puberty, boys and girls are affected equally by migraine headaches, but after puberty more women than men have them. It may cause a pulsating, throbbing pain usually only on one side of the head.
  • Cluster Headaches: Cluster headaches are a rare but important type of primary headache, affecting mainly men. The average age of cluster headache sufferers is 28-30 years of age, although headaches may begin in childhood.

Some serious causes of Headache:

  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Rupture of an intracranial aneurysm
  • Giant cell arteritis
  • Brain tumor
  • Trauma/Injury to Head or Neck

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