Health
Headache Causes
Headache is defined as pain in the head that is located above the eyes or the ears, behind the head (occipital), or in the back of the upper neck. Headache, like chest pain or dizziness, has many causes. There are two types of headaches: primary headaches and secondary headaches.
According to Ayurveda, there are eleven types of headaches caused due to aggravation of three different doshas. Headaches are also caused by: Excessive consumption of tea, coffee, aspirin or nicotine is also known to contribute to headache.
Headache and facial pain are disorders that affect the lives of many millions of individuals, imposing a gigantic physical, emotional, and financial burden. Integral to the easing of this burden is education and the dissemination of knowledge that will enable those afflicted to manage their pain and associated symptoms more effectively.
Headache comes in many different guises, not just migraine. Below lists some of the major different types of headache. Stress is often causative and aggravates the pain experience (see What is the SPI). In other headache types, the initial causative factor may involve a sensitivity to specific foodstuffs, eyestrain, viral or bacterial infection, head/neck injury, carbon monoxide poisoning, tiredness and very rarely tumour as the initial causative factor.
Muscular or myogenic headaches lead to the tightening or tensing of the facial or neck muscles and may radiate towards the forehead. The most common form of this type of headache is tension headache.
