If you have ever suffered from headaches, 95% of you would have experienced one of these 4 symptoms.
Tension Type Headache:
- The most common type of headache
- Pain affects both sides of the head equally
- Other possible symptoms:
- Sensitive to light, sound and smell
- Pain scale: mild to moderate
- Duration: 30mins to 7 days
Migraine:
- The second most common type of headache
- Pain is stronger on one side of the head
- Other possible symptoms:
- Nausea & vomiting, Aura, sensitive to light, sound, smell, neurological symptoms, speech disturbances
- Pain Scale: Moderate to severe
- Duration: 4 hours to 3 days
Sinus Headache
- Pain located around the sinuses, around eyes, nose & teeth, forehead, cheeks
- Other possible symptoms:
- Usually associated with sinus infections
- Pain scale: mild to moderate
- Duration: 30mins to 7 days
Cluster Headache
- Affects men three times more than females
- Pain is only in one eye
- Other possible symptoms:
- Associated with a red and watery eye, runny/congested nose, swollen/dropping of the eyelid
- Pain scale: Is of extreme level
- Commonly known as suicide headache or ice pick headache
- Females report it being worse than child birth
Diagnosing your headaches correctly is integral at stopping your headaches for good. Have you had your headaches diagnosed and treated?
