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Chronic headache
Many people suffer from headache, which affects them from time to time, but if it occurs more than fifteen times per month, it is possible to describe this headache as chronic, and it is indicated that the duration of the pain sometimes lasts for up to four hours, which from It would cause a state of disability in working life in general, and in this article we will introduce you to the causes of this problem, and how to treat it.
Symptoms of chronic headache types
Migraines
A chronic headache can be confirmed if at least two of the following conditions are met:
- The effect is on one side of the head, not both.
- Feeling of pulse-like pain.
- The feeling of pain may be moderate or severe, which cannot be tolerated.
- Increased pain when moving and doing physical activity.
- Feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit.
- Sensitivity to exposure to light, or to hearing sounds.
Tension headache
This headache may last for a few hours or it may be permanent, and its symptoms are represented in the following points:
- Feeling pain in both sides of the head.
- The pain is either mild or moderate.
- Pain that pressure, not pulse.
- Does not increase with any movement or physical activity.
- Causing one of the following symptoms:
- Sensitivity to sound and light.
- Feeling of nausea.
Daily renewed headache
It is stable within a few days, and it is noticed that its symptoms are similar to tension headaches, and it can be confirmed if two of the following conditions are met:
- Feeling pain in both sides of the head, but not in one of them.
- The degree of pain is either mild or moderate.
- The pain is pressure, not pulsatile.
- Does not increase with any movement or physical activity.
- Causing one of the following symptoms:
- Sensitivity to sound and light.
- Feeling of nausea.
Persistent migraine
- Sensation of pain on one side of the head.
- Daily and continuous, meaning that there is no respite from the pain.
- The pain is dull, but punctuated by intense stinging.
- Causing one of the following symptoms:
- Shedding tears, one of the eyes red.
- Nasal congestion or runny nose.
- Ptosis.
- Constriction of the pupil.
Causes of chronic headache
- In general, an increased pain response.
- There is a problem in the pain-suppressing part of the brain.
- Infections of blood vessels in the brain.
- Infection with various types of infection, such as meninges.
- High or low pressure.
- A brain tumor.
- Being affected by one of the chemicals in some medicines or drugs.
- Note: It is worth noting that headaches may cause a state of tension, anxiety, and depression, in addition to sleep problems, snoring, etc., and treatment of this type of headache is by going to the doctor to receive the necessary medications.
