It is necessary to have adequate knowledge about the different types of headaches because only then you will be able to choose the appropriate treatment plan for your problem. Headaches can be primarily differentiated into eight types: migraine, cluster, tension, acute, mixed, sinus, rebound, and inflammatory. The migraine headache will cause a throbbing sensation in the head. The pain can last for a period of three days as well. There are some patients who suffer from migraine headaches for about four times on a monthly basis. The main symptoms of migraine headache is vomiting, pain on both or either side of the head, pain in the abdominal area, and dearth of appetite. Women are most likely to suffer from migraine headache then their male counterparts. This can be mainly attributed to the fluctuation of a hormone named estrogen, during the various stages of menstrual cycle. At times migraine headaches can be due to heredity as well.
Tension headache is another form of headache. This type of headache occurs when a person experiences stress abnormal amount of stress regularly. The pain can range from mild to moderate. The pain can last for a couple of days. Some people who experience tension headaches have the notion that they suffer from migraines, but in reality their pain crops up due to tension or stress filled situations. The most common symptoms of tension headache are dizziness, insomnia, lack of concentration at the work in hand, etc.
Cluster headache is the most severe type of headache. Majority of the people do not experience this type of headache. The major symptoms of cluster headache are fear, restlessness, pain in the eye, insomnia, etc. This form of headache is mainly experienced by people who belong to the age group of twenty to forty years. Most of the times the cluster headache can strike three times everyday and it can last for a period of three months. Cluster headache is most likely to occur during a specific time everyday.
Sinus headache is more prominent among people who suffer from some kind of allergy. The pain can be felt in the forehead and the bridge of the nose. The pain increases when a person makes an attempt to shift his head to a different direction or try to strain his eye to focus on something. Discharge from the nose is the most prominent symptom for sinus headache.
Mixed headache is basically the combination of tension headache and migraine headache. So a person will get to experience symptoms of both these types of headaches. Acute headaches occur all of a sudden and it does not last for a long span of time. This type of pain is felt when a person is under extreme stress and the pain ceases when the person gets relief from stress.
Rebound headache is experienced as a result of some reaction to certain medication (taken for headache) consumed by a person. Inflammatory headache takes place as a result of some injury or skull disorder. This type of headache is popularly known as traction headache.