Headache is pain anywhere in the region of the head and or neck. They are based on the stimulation of pain-head organs (skull, meninges, blood vessels in the brain, cranial nerves, upper spinal nerves) and can in some people already are caused by wearing a ponytail. The actual substance of the brain (a part of the central nervous system) is not sensitive to pain.
Headache, include back pain is the most common health problems. It accounts for over 90% of headache disorders on the two primary forms of migraine headache and tension headache, which may occur in combination. The primary headaches including cluster headache and headache. Together, they have that can be found at diagnostic imaging no visible correlation.
In the primary headache, the pain itself is the disease. Its cause is still not known and therefore can not always be eliminated. Prevention is aimed out to avoid known triggers and factors for the development. Treatment consists of rapid and sustained pain relief.
Secondary, that is, as a side effect of another disease occurring headaches are much less common. However, they must be well observed and their causes must be removed quickly if necessary. A secondary cause of headache may be for example a so-called TMJ syndrome caused by the malposition and deformity of the jaw tension, which can lead to headaches and back pain.
The four most common drugs for headaches are aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen and propyphenazone. Of modern medicine are over 220 different types of headache known.
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