Headache is now considered as a symptom rather than a disease. Different headache symptoms can be given different diagnoses depending on age, gender, and occupation.

8 common types of headaches

● Migraine

Migraine is a chronic, recurrent, mild or severe headache, often accompanied by a variety of autonomic nervous system symptoms.

The headache is usually unilateral, accompanied by a throbbing sensation, and can last from 2 to 72 hours. Associated symptoms include nausea, vomiting, photophobia, sensitivity to sound, and the pain sensation is exacerbated by activity.

One-third of migraineurs can feel aura symptoms, such as transient vision, transient sensation, and transient limb disturbance, followed by the onset of headache.

Migraines are more common in adolescents and young adults and occur more frequently in women. Migraines may also be triggered in the general population several years after hypertension.

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● Cluster headache

Cluster headache, also known as suicide headache, is due to its characteristics in extreme headache. Cluster is due to the tendency for these headaches to come on periodically and then resolve on their own after a period of time. It occurs almost exclusively in men and rarely in women.

Temporal artery vasculitis

Temporal artery vasculitis is a disease of inflammation of blood vessels that mainly affects the external carotid artery, especially the temporal artery, which is a branch of the external carotid artery. Temporal artery vasculitis occurs almost exclusively in middle-aged and elderly people; in addition to headache, other symptoms include muscle pain, muscle weakness, weight loss, joint pain, or fever.

The headache does not hurt too much, it is a dull pain, and there is a stiffness in the cheek when chewing. MedicationIsBased on steroids.

● Toxic substance triggers headache

There are many chemical poisons that can trigger headaches, such as carbon monoxide, lead, nitrates, etc. These substances can easily aggravate headaches.

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● Stress headache

Stress headache is the most common type of headache. The pain can radiate from the lower back to the head and neck, eyes and other muscle groups. About 90% of all headaches are stress headaches.

Stress headaches can be relieved with antidepressants, heart rate reducers, muscle relaxants and painkillers. (Exercise causes the brain to produce more morphine than food to relieve stress)

Headache caused by brain tumor

The most common symptom of brain tumor is headache. The tumor compressing the brain tissue will cause edema and increase the intracranial pressure, which will lead to headache. The headache may be constant or progressive, and is more pronounced after waking up.

If the tumor continues to grow, it may also cause vomiting, blurred vision, and possibly spasms or convulsions. If the tumor is located in the prefrontal lobe, it may cause personality changes; in the temporal lobe, it may cause memory or speech disorders; in the cerebellum, gait instability and movement disorders; in the motor nerve, it may cause weakness of the opposite limb; in the auditory nerve, it may cause hearing loss or tinnitus.

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● Headache caused by meningitis

Headaches are caused by inflammation of the brain and increased brain pressure, and are accompanied by nausea and vomiting, which worsen after waking up from sleep. If there is blurred consciousness, confused or impaired speech, weakness of the limbs, and abnormal sensation, the brain is infected and is called encephalitis.

The common pathogens that cause meningitis are S. Pneumoniae, S. Meningitidis, S. Aureus, etc. Viruses such as Coxsackie virus, enterovirus, herpes virus and Japanese encephalitis virus, etc. Tuberculosis, mycobacteria and syphilis may also cause meningitis.● Headache from head trauma

Head trauma often produces headache hours or days after the trauma, and about 30% of them persist after 2 months, which is called post-concussion headache.

Most head trauma comes from car accidents, and most of these headaches are diffuse and can be felt throughout the head, and in some cases, the neck. The nature of the headache is painful, throbbing, tight, crushing, knife-poking & swelling.

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Location of headache

Generalized headaches are almost always widespread headaches, and if there is a site-specific headache, it is usually of greater clinical importance.

• Stress headachesAre usually widespread but present with a tight ring-like headache or more pronounced pain in the occipital region.
• Standard migrainesAre usually unilateral and more painful anteriorly, with the left side and right side often switching around, but with a higher incidence on one side.
• InBrain tumor headache, the pain is on the side where the tumor grows, but as the intracranial pressure gets higher, the headache becomes more pronounced and more widespread.

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• The headache ofSubspiderous hemorrhageIs a severe bursting pain that requires immediate rest. The pain is widespread and may also be partial to occipital pain.
• InMeningitis, the headache is usually in the occipital region, while in temporal artery vasculitis, the pain is usually in the temporal lobe.

Chinese medicine for headaches

The most common type of headache treated by TCM is that caused by wind.

• If the headacheIs wind-cold type, such as sneezing and nasal discharge, stuffy nose and cough, it is necessary to disperse the wind-cold.
• If you areIrritable, have poor sleep, have a red face and bitter mouth, and have an impatient personality, it means that liver fire is already very strong, and you need to calm the liver and quench the wind and relieve the fire to stop the headache.

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• If theHeadache appears vaguely, the face is shriveled and the spirit is weak, it is a headache caused by deficiency of qi and blood, and it needs to nourish blood and calm the liver to stop the pain.
• If the head feels dizzy, nausea, no appetite and loose stools, it means that the spleen is deficient in phlegm, and the clear yang is disturbed. To strengthen the spleen and reduce the phlegm, drugs such as tianma, bai zhu, and panax notoginseng can be used to remove dampness and resolve phlegm.
• If theWaist and knees are sore and weak, the headache is empty, and the whole body is weak, it means that the kidney essence is deficient and the medulla is insufficient, so the kidney essence should be tonified to stop the headache.
• If the head is traumatized and the headache does not heal for a long time, and the tongue is purple and dark with petechiae, the blood should be invigorated to relieve the pain.

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