Category: Migraine

According to the International Headache Society, there are 129 different types of headache, but the three most common are migraine, (accounting for 31 percent of headache visits to doctors); tension headache, caused by stress (47 percent) and sinus headache, related to sinus infection or hayfever-type allergies (6 percent).

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Migraines cause severe pounding, throbbing pain usually on one side of your head, and often nausea and vomiting. Frequently, they strike in the morning, and last from a few hours to two days. Some poor souls get migraines almost daily. Others experience them every few weeks or months. Most migraine sufferers get two to five a month. From 20 minutes to an hour before migraines hit, about 20 percent of people experience strange symptoms (auras) such as flashing lights, blurred vision, blind spots, or peculiar smells.

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Some people—overwhelmingly men—suffer “cluster headaches,” very severe migraines localized around or behind one eye that typically strike several times in rapid succession over a few days. Cluster headaches usually begin between age 20 and 40. They often strike at night, last about an hour, and are accompanied by agitation, nasal stuffiness, sensitivity to light, and tearing on the affected side.

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