Headaches are a fairly common health problem that most people face at least a few times a year. They can occur due to stress, fatigue and dehydration, and sometimes they are a symptom of much more serious problems, such as high blood pressure, circulation problems and various types of inflammation...
Headache (Cephalea, Cephalalgia, Greek word) is defined as a pain or a painful sensation in the area of the head and parts of the neck which. Depending on the origin and duration, it can be acute or chronic. Although it is sometimes an accompanying symptom of another disease, it is often a headache and a disease in itself.
A headache is most often harmless in origin, but sometimes, especially if it occurs suddenly, accompanied by a disturbed state of consciousness or another neurological disorder, it can also be a symptom of another serious disease, such as the bursting of an aneurysm (enlarged blood vessel) in the brain, which represents an emergency. in neurology. According to the way of occurrence, the headache can be acute (suddenly occurring headache), or chronic (implies the duration of several days in a month, usually more than fifteen days in the last three months).
Sometimes it is very difficult to determine the location of headaches, especially if we know that the pain is "projected" due to the nerve that transmits it, so very often the localization of the pain can also "deceive" the place of origin of the pain. However, what is typical for a migraine is that one half of the head usually hurts, primarily the temple area, and the pain has a pulsating characteristic.
It is characteristic of "ordinary" tension headaches that the whole head hurts, the pain is of moderate intensity, continuous, ring type, although sometimes it is unilateral.
How do you know if your headache is of the usual type or if there is a much bigger health problem behind it? Consultation with a doctor is necessary if the following symptoms are present:
- You have a stronger headache than usual;
- Your headache occurs immediately after sports activities;
- In addition to headaches, you have problems with balance, concentration, vision, movement or speech;
- The headache is accompanied by fever and nausea;
- You have noticed that lately you have had more frequent headaches than usual;
- In addition to the headache, you also feel pain when you chew;
- Your headache doesn't stop for days;
- You can't sleep because of the headache;
- You get a headache after taking certain medicines;
- Your head hurts because you recently hurt it.
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