This is about headache......
What is a headache????
headache is defined as a pain arising from the head or upper neck of the body. The pain originates from the tissues and structures that surround the brain because the brain itself has no nerves that give rise to the sensation of pain (pain fibers). The periosteum that surrounds bones, muscles that encase the skull,sinuses, eyes, and ears, and meninges that cover the surface of the brain and spinal cord, arteries, veins, and nerves, all can become inflamed or irritated to cause the pain of a headache. This pain may be a dull ache, sharp, throbbing, constant, mild, or intense.
Headache Facts
- The head is one of the common sites of pain in the body.
- The most common types of headache can be classified as primary, secondary, cranial neuralgia, facial pain, and other headache.
- The most common types of primary headache are tension, migraine and cluster.
- Tension headaches are the most type of primary headache and usually are treated with over the counter (OTC) medications for pain.
- Secondary headaches are symptom of an injury or an underlying illness.
- Patients should seek medical care for new on set headache, fever, stiff neck, change in behavior, vomiting, weakness, or change in sensation.
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