Types of Headaches
Headaches are a very common complaint in every house. It has been researched by the World Health Organization that majority people will experience a certain kind of headache from time to time. Migraine treatment can be rather debilitating and painful. But most of the headaches can be treated with basic painkillers and can disappear within some hours. However, recurrent attacks or a specific type of headache can be a sign of something more severe.
Many types of headache Brisbane exist and they have varying causes, signs and symptoms. Even though, most are quite short-lived and aren’t very alarming, one can know whether a health professional such as a chiropractor, physiotherapist or osteopath Browns Plains is needed and the most suitable way to treat a headache if they’re able to identify which kind of headache a person is suffering from.
4 Common Types of Headaches:
The most common types of headaches and mentioned in this article as well as their causes, cure and prevention:
- Allergy:
Signs and Symptoms:
Headache is usually accompanied with sore eyes and a runny nose.
Causative Factors:
Seasonal factors such as allergens which include pollens. They can cause sinusitis and hay fever.
Treatment and Prevention:
The treatment could include any anti-histamine medicines as well as nasal decongestants.
- Migraines:
Signs and Symptoms:
Patient undergoes a severe, throbbing one-sided pain which is usually accompanied by vomiting, nausea, cold hands, and sensitivity to smells, sound and light. Migraine with sensation includes optical disturbances, numbness in limbs. These headaches can last for up to three or four days. Onset is usually in childhood, teen years and 20s, often through to the forties of fifties, but may prolong in to the sixties and above.
Causative Factors:
Migraines can be triggered by different foods, dehydration, inadequate food, hormones, and environmental issues like sudden weather changes, lack of sleep or oversleeping, physical factors like dental problems, eye problems, over-exertion or vigorous exercise and certain medications.
Treatment and Prevention:
Different Over-the-counter (OTC) painkillers like aspirin or ibuprofen can be given to stop headaches or decrease pain and time. Doctors often even prescribe antiemetic drugs to decrease nausea and vomiting. Such drugs include ondansetron or metoclopramide.
- Eyestrain:
Signs and Symptoms:
Signs and symptoms of headaches due to eyestrain include pain along with a sensation of heaviness about the eyes.
Causative Factors:
Visual problems which haven’t been corrected for long is a causative factor.
Treatment and Prevention:
Eye tests can help prevent such headaches. One could be relieved of the headache by wearing suitable spectacles or contact lenses that often fix the problem.
- Brain Tumor:
Signs and Symptoms:
These include severe headaches which eventually become worse. But the headache comes along with other symptoms like visual problems, vomiting, a weakness in a limb, speech disorders, personality changes or even epileptic fits.
Causative Factors:
The causative factors are unknown.
Treatment and Prevention:
Headaches due to brain tumors can be treated by chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy or a combination of these; see a local Mount Gravatt Osteopath today!