What is a headache?

Question

Where is the pain coming from? The brain? What causes them?
Why do some people never get them and others get them all the time?

I'm not gonig to ask a doctor because doctors are very busy people andI am sure they would not appreciate it if I made an appointment with them purely to ponder the causes of headaches.

Answer 1

It's an alian virous unleashed opon the world in the 50s so they govenment could sell you "asprin"! a drug that thins your blood to make the nano bots move more freely through your body and conrol your brain to desire money!! So you stay in your work place and class structure!

Dont Take the pills!! use Alcahol to numb the pain and drown out the nano bots

Answer 2

Headache is one of the commonest symptoms experienced by humans. In fact, it is quite unusual not to have at least an occasional headache. Why some people never experience headache is not known.

It is probably linked with their inheritance of the chemical transmitters that pass messages in the brain from one nerve cell to another. The brain has a control mechanism for pain impulses and the transmitter substances involved in this also play a part in the emotions, As a general rule, happy people have fewer headaches than sad people but that is not the whole answer (Lance).

Headaches are usually harmless but can create concern about their origin. Very occasionally headaches are a pointer to a serious disease such as brain tumour or stroke. This is why many people seek advice from their doctors and, in some cases, are referred to specialist neurologists. Normally the severity of the headache bears no relation to the gravity of the diagnosis (Spira).
# Normal’ headaches such as goggle headache (excessive nerve stimulation), ice-cream headache, hot-dog headache (food reaction), Chinese restaurant syndrome (reaction to MSG), hangover, marijuana headache, fasting headache, rebound headache, exercise headaches, coital headaches, cough headache and mountain sickness.
# Recurring headaches include tension-type headache, migraine and cluster headache.
# ‘Nerve’ headaches ie produced by direct irritation or compression of the nerves supplying the head, face, or neck such as trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, neuralgia after shingles, atypical face pain, pain from the eye, sinusitis, head pain caused by teeth, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, and neck headache
# Muscle-contraction headaches.
# Medication-misuse headaches.
# Head injury headache
# Serious causes of headache such as hydrocephalus,

Answer 3

Headache is a pain in the head, scalp or neck. Headaches can be
caused by minor problems like eyestrain, lack of coffee or more
serious reasons like head injury, brain tumors, encephalitis and
meningitis. Taking painkillers continuously can have harmful side
effects, so it is better to modify your lifestyle. More information
available at http://tinyurl.com/q8696

Answer 4

This is a good question. And in fact, I have a headache right now! I have a head cold so it feels like a sinus headache, but I hate those kinds of headaches where when you breathe through your nose, it hurts worse, that's what makes me think mine is sinus. Anyway, I hate headaches!! Good luck and I hope you don't have a headache today!

Answer 5

There are different kinds of headaches and many different causes. This page should explain it all to you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headache

Answer 6

y not ask a doctor nt random people here u gt an answer then

Answer 7

gorkem k has given a good answer. there is nothing more to say.

Answer 8

go to neurologist they can help with headaches.

Answer 9

it is your fool mind