Different Kinds of Headache
Even if you know the symptoms and warning signs, you might not be sure that you have a Migraine. That's why you should talk to your doctor. Only your doctor can diagnose a Migraine. Some other common types of headache include:
Tension headaches
Signs and symptoms include:
- Dull, aching head pain
- The sensation of tightness or pressure across your forehead or on the sides and back of your head
- Tenderness on your scalp, neck, and shoulder muscles
- Occasional loss of appetite
Sinus headaches
Signs and symptoms may include:
- Pain, pressure, and fullness in your cheeks, brow or forehead
- Pain may worsen when bending forward or lying down
- Yellow-green or blood-tinged nasal discharge
- Sore throat
- Fever
- Cough
- Fatigue
- Achy feeling in your upper teeth
Hormone headaches
Signs and symptoms may include:
- Often associated with changing hormone levels that occur during menstruation, and before pregnancy
- Chemically induced hormone changes, such as with birth control pills, may also trigger these headaches in some women
Cluster headaches
Typical signs and symptoms include:
- Excruciating pain, generally located in or around the eye, but may radiate to other areas of the face, head, neck, and shoulders
- One-sided pain
- Restlessness
- Excessive tearing
- Redness in the eye of the affected side
- Stuffy or runny nasal passage in the nostril on the affected side of your face
- Sweaty, pale skin (pallor) on the face
- Swelling around the eye on the affected side of your face
- Reduced pupil size
- Drooping eyelid
- Can occur in "clusters" over a period of a week to a year
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If you think you may have Migraines, take the ID Migraine™ Quiz to learn more. |
