While we all tend to call any pain in the head ‘a headache’, there are actually two types: primary and secondary headaches. Here’s how to tell them apart.
Headaches are really common, yet few of us know much about them. We only know that they hurt and that we’d rather do without them. Understanding our headaches is an important step towards treating them, and the first thing to know is that there are really only two types.
Primary headaches are the problem — they aren’t symptoms of other issues.
Primary headaches include:
Migraines:
There are a bunch of other primary headaches such as primary cough, thunderclap, and exercise headaches.
Secondary headaches are symptoms of something else happening in the body, perhaps a sinus infection or neck injury.
They’re most often treated by dealing with the underlying issue. These issues include:
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