Headache has at times each, little is known, however, that there are many kinds of headaches. The basic division of headache pain is primary, which occur without any connection with other diseases, and secondary headaches, which are a symptom of a disease, e.g. headache after injury, the flu or when sinusitis. Primary headaches are much more common and ranks her pain tension, migraine and cluster headache.

Tension headache is the most common type of pain. It is felt on both sides and diffusion across the head, rarely can be located at the head or in the back. The onset is usually gradual pain, pain is dull, persistent, slightly varying in intensity, and takes minutes to days. It is often described as a feeling of pressure, a feeling of having a tight band around the head or the like should head explode.

Tension headaches worsen during physical activity. Rarely can also be affected to a small extent sensitive to light or noise and may feel sick, then the pain like migraine. This type of pain is often produced by the action of stress or conflict, they will help against common analgesics such as paracetamol and rest.

Analgesics should however not be used too frequently overuse analgesics itself can also cause headaches, one may develop dependency on analgesics and may cause side effects. Therefore, if the pain persists or returns often, see your doctor, who may reveal whether it is a secondary headache (find the cause of any disease).

If it is a primary chronic pain, the treatment should be individual and consists in the combination drug, physiological and psychological therapy (may help some relaxation exercises etc.).

Migraine headache occurs by a different mechanism than the normal tension headache. More frequently, it affects women and their role heredity plays. The mechanism of migraine is still not understood in detail, but it is known that during a migraine attack changes perfusion meninges and changes in the concentration of neurotransmitters, which leads to local swelling and irritation of the nerve endings.

Migraine attack can be preceded by the so-called. Aura and is characterized by sharp throbbing pain of the head, and rarely both sides. Pain worsens during physical activity, the patient is sensitive to light, sound, odors, he is sick and often vomits. Anti-migraine help bed rest may provide relief to common analgesics, but there are also specific anti-migraine medication (eg. The so-called.Triptans), which are only on prescription.

Cluster headache, is another type of primary headache. This type of pain occurs almost exclusively in males, mostly middle-aged. The pain is localized to one half of the head in the eye orbit and sleep is accompanied by swelling of nasal mucosa, epiphora and edema of the eyelid. Proceeds in fits lasting from 15 minutes to several hours and is typical for her accumulation of seizures during a certain period (usually a few weeks), which are repeated several times a day, then the pain goes away for several years. The treatment is used by some anti-migraine drugs, inhalation of oxygen, corticoids.

A secondary headache is such a pain that is caused by some other disease and we should think of her as a long-term pain often returns or, conversely, acute pain, which is something atypical or accompanied by other symptoms.

Urgently we should call a doctor if the headaches associated with disorders of consciousness, loss of movement or sensation of the body, or in terms of a head injury. Can also be dangerous meningitis, which is manifested by fever, severe headache, citlovostí to light, stiff neck.