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Headache and Migraine Symptoms
What are the symptoms for headaches and migraines?
The most common symptom for headaches is that of an ache in the head. The feeling is of a pain running from the base of the skull across the top of the head and finishing somewhere behind the eyes. Some people report throbbing inside the temples.
A Tension headache is the most common type. It is caused by excessive tension in the muscles at the base of your head. This type of headache is commonly associated with dizziness, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), and in many cases jaw pain and clicking. Tension headaches are due to misalignments of the spine and skull so it is very common for sufferers to report neck pain and stiffness also. Sometimes there can be associated nerve compression leading to numbness, pins & needles and carpal tunnel symptoms.
A Migraine is another common type of headache. It is characterised by a severe headache. Classic migraines have a visual aura associated with it. An aura is some kind of visual disturbance that precedes the migraine. Common auras include spots in the vision or blurry vision, flashes of light, zig zags, or blind spots in your vision or tingling in one arm or leg. Light sensitivity is also very common with migraine headaches. Some people suffer from nausea and vomiting with migraines too.
Another common type of headache is the cluster headache. They are characterised by intense one-sided pain, often described as having a burning or piercing quality that is throbbing or constant. Pain is located behind one eye or in the eye region, without changing sides. Pain lasts a short time, generally 30 to 90 minutes. But, it can last from 15 minutes to three hours. The headache will disappear only to recur later that day (most sufferers get one to three headaches per day during a cluster period). Headaches occur very regularly, generally at the same time each day, and they often awaken the person at the same time during the night.
Inflamed or blocked sinuses can also give headaches. They are characterised by deep and constant pain in the cheekbones, forehead or bridge of the nose. The pain usually intensifies with sudden head movement or straining and usually occurs with other sinus symptoms, such as nasal discharge, feeling of fullness in the ears, fever, and facial swelling.
Chronic sinusitis can be caused by tension in the muscles at the base of the skull also, so if you have headaches and sinus problems get your neck checked out.
Treatment is dependant on the type of headache and the underlying cause. Chiropractors are the experts in treating headaches and headache related symptoms.
Doug has a particular interest in helping people with headaches and neck pain, shoulder blade pain, low back pain, and fott, ankle, knee and spinal problems caused by foot dysfunction.
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