There are five types of headache:
1) vascular
2) myogenic (muscle tension)
3) cervicogenic
4) traction
5) inflammatory.
Specific types of headaches include:
- Migraine
- Ictal headache
- Ice cream headache
- Thunderclap headache
- Vascular headache
- Toxic headache
- Coital cephalalgia (also known as: sex headache)
- Sinus headache
- Hemicrania continua
- Rebound headache (also called medication overuse headache, abbreviated MOH)
- Red Wine Headache RWH
- New daily persistent headache (NDPH)
Migraine Prevention: A Guide to the Latest Methods and Treatments
Sponsored by an educational grant
from Ortho-McNeil Neurologics
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
It's an old saying, but for many migraine sufferers, it rings especially true. Benjamin Franklin may not have had migraine in mind when he coined this phrase. But for those who have migraine attacks, especially very frequent or severe attacks, prevention should be considered a key part of overall treatment plan.http://www.headaches.org/consumer/educationalmodules/migraine_module/page_home.htm
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