A cycle of reoccurring headaches is known as rebound headaches. The cycle begins when you take too much headache medication. You take more than the label instructions say to take and then before you know it your body adapts to the level of medication and your head starts to hurt more intensely than previously. The [...]

Your headaches may be a signal that something else is wrong with your body. Do you know the signs to look for that signals you need to contact your doctor? You need to recognize these symptoms and be prepared to seek emergency care or make an appointment with your doctor for diagnostic tests. [...]

People over the age of 50 often report waking up from a sound sleep with a headache. These are sometimes called alarm headaches and happen during the night or sometimes during an afternoon nap. Often the patient does not experience headaches during the day. Sometimes they happen at the same time every [...]

The everyday, run of the mill, common headache that everyone seems to get around tax time, or when it is cold and flu season can be treated at home with over-the-counter pain relievers and home remedies. These headaches are more annoying then anything else. They usually feel like a dull, throbbing pain that happens inside [...]

Tension headaches are those that start with a pain in the back of your head and upper neck and act like a band that tightens and causes pressure. Some describe them as like having a vise-grip around their head that tightens. The pain is usually NOT disabling and typically affects both sides of the head. [...]

When you experience a head injury one of the possible symptoms you may have is a headache. The headache may persist for months or years afterwards, even with a mild head trauma. The frequency and the severity of the headache should diminish over time. Most posttraumatic headaches disappear entirely after 6 to 12 months from [...]

There are many causes for headache and migraine pain. Usually they are common problems that nearly every adult will experience. Sometimes a headache or migraine may signal a more serious condition and a doctor should be treating the patient. Four causes of serious headache pain are:

Usually of tension headaches, the culprits are tension, stress, and depression. If you have mood disorders or other emotional distress, you will need to treat these conditions for maximum benefit. If you treat the stress, tension and depression, your headache treatment will be more effective.

Most people get at least one headache each year. Most headaches last a few hours but some can last as long as a few weeks. The cost of headaches in America can be in the billions. Forty-five million Americans suffer from chronic headaches, which explain the high cost of treating headaches.

Most of us treat our headaches at home without seeing a doctor. The reason for self-care is that just about everyone experiences a headache and most are mild to moderate tension headaches which are harmless and treatable with home remedies and over-the-counter pain relievers. Self-care at home should be about more than treating a headache [...]