HEADACHE; MEANING, CAUSES AND REMEDY

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Headache is simply a painful sensation inside the head or the face. 

Generally, pain can be:
1- Sharp
2- Dull
3- Pulling
4- Stabbing
5- Pricking
6- Burning
7- Throbbing (Pounding or pulsating) 

Headache is usually throbbing, sharp or dull. 

COMMON CAUSES:
1- Stress /anxiety
2- Dehydration
3- Starvation/hunger
4- Light
5- Caffeine (in coffee) 
6- Lack of sleep/sleep disturbances
7- Poor posture
8- Infections 
9- Tumor inside the skull cavity( inside the head) 
10- Head Injury
11- some medications

TYPES OF HEADACHE:
 1- Primary
2- Secondary


 PRIMARY HEADACHES
1- Tension-type headache
2- Migraine
3- Cluster headache
4- Exertional

SECONDARY HEADACHES
1- Systemic infection
2- Head Injury
3- Vascular disorders (Bleeding/ ischemia as in stroke) 
4-  Brain tumors


REMEDY:
1- Paracetamol
2- Aspirin (Not for people with heart or kidney failure) 
3- Ibuprofen (Not for people with heart or kidney failure) 
4- Dim lights
5- Sleep 
6- Ice/ cold pack 
7- Feeding
8- Rehydration
9- Head repositioning
10- Resting in a dark room



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