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The list of the types of headaches is huge
and can go on and on. Some common types of headaches which you should
know about are...
Whiplash injury headache:
A whiplash injury headache may
occur if the neck experiences a sudden bending forward and then
backward motion, or vice versa. This usually happens during an
automobile accident.
The commonest symptom
experienced by a whiplash injury patient is neck pain followed by a
headache. The headache can often be more severe than the neck pain.
The headache can be felt all over the head or at the back of the
head, or even in the forehead or behind the eyes.
Patients
feel that heat improves their condition whereas cold worsens it. Neck
movement becomes quite uncomfortable and is accompanied by shoulder
pain. The inflammation in the neck muscles and the irritation of the
nerves that go from the neck to the head are attributed as possible
causes for whiplash injury headache.
It is also seen that
women suffer more from whiplash injury headache compared to
men.
There is no definitive treatment prescribed as such for
whiplash injury headache. However, it is seen that apart from
anti-inflammatory tablets, even physical therapy and acupuncture can
be useful in treating it.
Medication overuse
headache/analgesic rebound headache:
It is quite ironical but
the medicines used to relieve the pain of migraine or tension-type
headache, if taken on a regular basis, can actually lead to a
headache. Again, even this problem is more common in women than in
men.
It happens because we pop a pill for even the slightest
of headaches. Over time, the body gets used to these medicines. A
vicious circle develops where you are popping pills to prevent the
headache and these pills only make your headache worse.
It is
usually medications like codeine, paracetamol, anti-inflammatory
medications, triptans and others taken for the treatment of migraine
which are the culprit. Medicines taken for other diseases or
conditions do not qualify as causing dependence.
The only
treatment for this kind of a headache is to stop taking the medicines
completely. Although initially this will result in withdrawal
symptoms like nausea and vomiting, it is important to keep off them
so that your condition starts improving in a few
days.
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