Know You Disease by Understanding Headache Pain Areas

This article focuses on headache pain areas. People all over the world have been victims of headaches since ages. Clinical studies have categorized several headache pain areas so far.

Let us begin with common Migraine, alternatively known as Migraine without Aura”. The headache lasts typically for 4-72 hours. Most often, the headache is felt on one side of the brain. The throbbing pain is at times accompanied by nausea and vomiting.

Ten percent of Migraine victims suffer from an uncanny variety of the disease, called Migraine with Aura. Sensory disturbances of about 10-30 minutes duration precede the actual headache phase.

There can be several manifestations of the headache- zigzag lines or spots in the field of vision, blurred vision and dizziness. Rest of the symptoms are similar to the common Migraine.

The third variety amongst headache pain areas is known as Tension type or Muscle contraction headache. This headache is a two-sided one. It is accompanied with pressing pain that does not deteriorate further with physical activity. Here it differs from Migraine. Stress plays a role in this type of headache that usually is mild to moderate in manifestation.

Another very common type of headache is induced by Sinus. The pain is steady along both sides of the head. It occurs frequently, almost everyday. The pain is of moderate intensity. Sometimes it resembles Migraine induced headaches. Dizziness, blurred vision, anxiety and sleeping disorders are added symptoms.

Next comes the Ice Cream headache. It occurs between the eyes when someone eats or drinks something very cold. It never lasts more than five minutes and can it be prevented by eating the cold substance, say an ice cream, slowly. Allow it to melt in the mouth before you swallow it.

Next amongst headache pain areas is Rebound or Medication induced Headache. Frequent intake of over-the-counter medicines containing caffeine or ergotamine causes this type of headache. The pain is pressing, dull and diffused. The intensity of the headache is at its peak during morning hours. The frontal portion of the head is worst affected.

There are other headache pain areas as well. These include Coital headache in men during sex and few others whose origins still preside in darkness.