For a small portion of sufferers, cluster headaches can cause severe pain with little warning. Cluster headaches attack at seemingly random intervals, for which the name “cluster” is given. Patients can go years without a single cluster headache, and suddenly suffer them for a period of weeks on end. The cause behind [...]
Sinus headache can be an annoying problem that patients suffer from on an almost yearly basis. The change in seasons, often times from warm to cold, can very easily bring about a sinus headache. sinus headache usually occurs as the sinus cavity fills with too much mucus. This can present as a [...]
Frequent headaches can be a debilitating problem, detracting significantly from quality of life. The medical community breaks headaches into a system of categories, with primary headaches accounting for the vast majority of headaches. Cluster and secondary headaches are far rarer, but present patients with more severe issues. Although never life threatening, primary [...]
A tension headache can occur in anyone, and happens often to many people, and is almost always a non-life threatening situation. Even so, these tension headaches can be very painful under some circumstances. A tension headache is classified as a “primary” headache in the medical community, making it by far the most common [...]
Migraine headaches can be debilitating issue that interferes severely with daily functioning and quality of life. Preventing and treating migraine headaches, however, is certainly possible with the right combination of medicine and therapy. The exact causes of migraine headaches remain unknown to the medical community, but it is usually accepted that serotonin plays [...]
Hormonal headaches are a serious and often times debilitating form of headache that effects only women. Fluctuations in estrogen and progesterone can have significant effects on the brain, often triggering severe headaches. Hormonal headaches are a part of the overall premenstrual cycle, and can start as early as eleven days before the menstrual [...]
There are many classifications of headache, but all fit into three basic categories. The vast majority of headaches fall into the primary category. Primary headaches afflict millions every day, and are not a serious or life threatening issue. Primary headaches can occasionally become very painful, or can become a chronic problem. [...]
Headaches have occured to almost everyone at some point. These headaches are known to range widely in their pain. Headaches are widely researched and treated in the medical community, but the exact causes remain a mystery. The medical community defines headaches in three basic categories. Primary headaches are by far the [...]
Although medical science cannot pinpoint the exact cause of headaches in a patient, some of the most common causes can typically be blamed in the majority of cases. Headaches are broken down into three basic categories. A primary headache occurs to millions on a daily basis. Primary headaches constitute the vast majority [...]
The medical community has identified a set of well defined headache categories. The first category, that of the primary headache, is experienced on a daily basis by millions all the time. The primary headache occurs more frequently than any other kind of headache. The cluster headache category causes far more pain and [...]