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2. Headache - Wikipedia

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   Once stimulated, a nociceptor sends a message up the length of the nerve fibre to the nerve cells in the brain, signalling that a part of the body hurts. [27] Primary headaches are more difficult to understand than secondary headaches. The exact mechanisms which cause migraines, tension headaches and cluster headaches are not known. [28]

3. The 6 most common headache types — and when to see a doctor

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   A headache is a pain in the head, neck or face that is often described as a sensation of pressure that varies in location, frequency and severity, according to the National Institutes of Health.

4. The Most Common Reasons People See the Doctor for Scalp Pain

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   Migraines and other forms of headaches can cause scalp pain. A tension headache usually feels like a band is wrapped tightly around your forehead, and the pain can extend to your scalp, according ...

5. Migraine - Wikipedia

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   The aura, which immediately precedes the headache; The pain phase, also known as headache phase; The postdrome, the effects experienced following the end of a migraine attack; Migraine is associated with major depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and obsessive–compulsive disorder. These psychiatric disorders are approximately 2 ...

6. Hypnic headache - Wikipedia

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   For diagnosis of hypnic headache syndrome, headaches should occur at least 15 times per month for at least one month. Included in the differential diagnosis of a new onset nighttime headaches in the elderly is drug withdrawal, temporal arteritis, Sleep apnea, oxygen desaturation, pheochromocytoma, intracranial causes, primary and secondary neoplasms, communicating hydrocephalus, subdural ...

7. Hemicrania continua - Wikipedia

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   In hemicrania continua, basal pain is a dull aching pressure similar to that of TTHs (Tension-Type Headaches) that occurs nearly always on the same side of the head and face. Pain ranges from mild to severe and is characterized by fluctuations that increase in intensity up to three to five times per 24-hour cycle.

8. Body Work: Here's what might be behind that severe headache - AOL

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   Headaches are one of our most common ailments. One study showed 190 million people experienced either migraine or tension-type headaches. Body Work: Here's what might be behind that severe headache

9. Trigeminal neuralgia - Wikipedia

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   Trigeminal neuralgia (TN or TGN), also called Fothergill disease, tic douloureux, trifacial neuralgia, or suicide disease, is a long-term pain disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve, [7] [1] the nerve responsible for sensation in the face and motor functions such as biting and chewing.