Headaches may be an indicator of underlying health problems. Addressing the possible causes of headaches, rather than masking the symptoms of pain with painkillers that can result in other uncomfortable side effects, can provide more long-term positive results.
According to Western medicine, headaches can be divided into a variety of types that include migraine, tension-type, cluster, and medication over-use type, with the tension-type being the most common.
Migraines are by far the most debilitating type of headache. It is estimated that more than one billion people worldwide suffer from migraine headaches.
According to the location of pain in the head migraines are commonly described as supraorbital pain, pain behind the eyes, or temple pain that usually occurs on just one side of the head, though there are also bilateral, symmetrical headaches….