| Headaches are the most frustrating physical | | | | excessive strain on the eyes, menstrual strains, |
| problem. No one is able to see any manifestations | | | | stressful environment etc. Apart from the normal |
| from outside and you keep on suffering and all | | | | causes there are instances where headache is a |
| the regular activities get disturbed. The reasons of | | | | manifestation of the serious physical problems like |
| all headaches are not same. There are various | | | | brain cancer, encephalitis etc. |
| types of headaches which are caused by | | | | Now if we consider the causes specifically then |
| different reasons and the type of suffering also | | | | the reason of tension type headache is tightness |
| differs from the other. | | | | of muscles in your face, scalp, shoulder, neck, jaw |
| The commonest forms of headache are tension | | | | etc. This can occur due to stressful environment, |
| type headache, migraine headaches and cluster | | | | severe anxiety or even depression. Sometimes if |
| headaches. The tension type headaches are | | | | you are working too hard or not getting sufficient |
| manifested by the bilateral pain and this can last | | | | sleep or skipping meals, you can get the tension |
| for 30 minutes to 7 days. Though this generally | | | | headaches. |
| does not hamper the daily activities but recurring | | | | There are certain food products like cheese, |
| tension type headache can cause various | | | | aginomoto, chocolate which can cause this |
| problems. | | | | particular type of headache. The recurrent |
| The migraine headaches attack women mostly | | | | migraine headaches are manifested through a |
| and it can last for 4 hours to 72 hours. The last | | | | pulsating pain. The cluster headaches are equally |
| category of headache is cluster headache. This is | | | | painful and they are observed in men mostly. |
| the rarest form of headache and the pain is often | | | | The people who are over the age of 50 years |
| felt around the eyes and on either side of the | | | | can get headaches due to temporal arteritis. This |
| head. | | | | is a serious condition and consultation with the |
| Causes of Headaches | | | | doctor is required. |
| According to traditional ideas the tension | | | | These are all general reasons why an individual |
| headaches are caused by the muscle contraction | | | | can get headaches. But there are rare causes as |
| process. But the migraine or cluster headaches | | | | well. Brain aneurysm can be one of them. |
| occur because of the dilation of the blood vessels. | | | | When the walls of a blood vessel get weakened |
| Brain swelling can be another reason of headache | | | | and it ruptures and bleeding occurs inside the |
| which mainly stretches the covering of the brain. | | | | brain, it can cause severe headache. Brain tumor |
| Sinus inflammation is also counted as a cause of | | | | is another reason of headache. The brain |
| headache. | | | | infections which are called meningitis, encephalitis |
| There could be many more reasons like | | | | etc are also reasons of headaches at times. |