What are the types of headaches? How can I tell if I have a headache?

Headaches are divided into external and internal injuries, and the common external headaches are wind cold, wind heat, rheumatism and other syndrome types; Internal injury headaches are more common in the form of hyperactivity of liver yang, turbidity of phlegm, paralysis of blood and obstruction, weakness of qi and blood, and deficiency of kidney essence.

1.Wind chill type.

Severe headache, acute onset, pain in the neck and back, migraine or head pain, often like to wrap the head, severe chills, mild fever, nasal congestion and runny nose, no thirst, thin white tongue, pulse tight, or slow, or stringy.

2.Wind-hot type.

Headache and swelling, even cracking, fever is severe, chills are mild, face is red, thirst and desire to drink, sore throat and cough, nasal runny nose, constipation, red tongue, thin yellow moss, pulse floating.

3.Rheumatic type.

Headache is heavy like a wrap, rain is worse, limbs are sleepy, chest tightness and sluggishness, nausea and nausea, dull mouth, stool or ponds, white and greasy, and pulse.

4.Hyperhepatic Yang type.

Headache is mostly on both sides or at the top, swelling and dizziness, depression and anger are aggravated, lightheadedness, sexual impatience and upset, facial heat, insomnia and dreams, cicadas in the ears, dry throat and red eyes, or tendons and flesh sounds, less red tongue, thin pulse, or strings and count.

5.Generic on sputum turbidity.

Headache and dizziness, dizziness and nausea, vomiting and salivation, chest suffiness, sluggishness, fatigue of heavy limbs, numbness of the face, lips and extremities, fat tongue with tooth marks, and smooth pulse.

6.Fatigue obstruction.

The headache does not heal for a long time, the pain is like a cone stab, it is fixed, especially in the shadow or at night, or there is a history of head trauma, the face is dull, forgetful, the tongue is purple or has fetished spots, and the pulse is thin.

7.Blood deficiency type.

Headache faint and dizzy, the pain increases, the pain decreases when lying down, the pain is especially severe in the afternoon, palpitations, paleness, astringent eyes, numbness in the hands and feet, forgetfulness and insomnia, thin tongue, thin pulse.

8.Renal insufficiency type.

Headache and emptiness, dizziness and tinnitus, forgetfulness, soreness in the waist and knees, spermatozoa, women's dream sex, five heart irritability, bone steaming hot flashes, night sweats, weight loss, little red tongue, weak or thin pulse.

Types of headaches:

1. Migraine is divided into primary migraine and secondary migraine. In primary migraine, most patients have a family history of headache, some patients have aura before the onset of headache, such as glowing, bright spots, and phonophobia, or some patients have numbness in one limb, and then headache occurs. Secondary migraine is mostly secondary to migraine symptoms caused by cerebrovascular disease.

2. Cluster headache, the patient's repeated and intensive headache, and accompanied by ipsilateral palpebral conjunctival hyperemia, miosis, eyelid drooping and other symptoms.

3. Cervicogenic headache, also known as tension headache.

4. Headache with low intracranial pressure, the headache symptoms caused by the decrease in intracranial pressure are relieved when lying down, and the headache symptoms are aggravated when sitting and standing.

Headaches are usually divided into primary headaches and secondary headaches, and the causes of different conditions are also different. Common primary headaches include migraine, tension headache, which are prone to attack over a long period of time, and secondary headaches are usually caused by factors such as infection and trauma. Headaches also include menstrual headaches, and some young women often experience severe headaches or migraines during menstruation; Neuropathic headache is caused by tension and contraction of the muscles in the head, tightness or compression of the head, and a feeling of heaviness and throbbing pain, which is exacerbated by excessive smoking and drinking.

Most of them are related to irregular life, excessive smoking and drinking, and lack of sleep; Menopausal headache is mostly due to endocrine changes, the physiological function of people is affected, and there are often personality changes, and patients often show symptoms such as irritability, fatigue, nervousness, and low menstrual flow. There are many types of headaches, and after the headache occurs, you need to treat the symptoms**, do not blindly use drugs, and pay attention to ensure adequate sleep.

The goal of migraine is to reduce or stop headache attacks, relieve concomitant symptoms, and prevent headaches. **Including both drug** and non-drug**. Non-drug**mainly physical** can be used with magnetic therapy, oxygen therapy, psychological counseling, to relieve stress, maintain a healthy lifestyle, and avoid various migraine triggers.

Drug-induced ** is divided into episodic ** and prophylactic**. For best results, medication should usually be taken immediately at the onset of symptoms.

Headache and symptoms, headache is also divided into several types, increase knowledge.

According to **, it can be divided into idiopathic headache (such as migraine, cluster headache, tight and reed headache, etc.) and secondary headache (such as headache hunger caused by trauma, infection, tumor, etc.); The International Headache Association (1988) divided headache into 13 categories, including migraine, tension headache, cluster headache and chronic episodic migraine, and each type of headache has clear diagnostic criteria and has been widely used in clinical practice.

1. Cold and headache;

2. Hypertension and headache;

3. Neurosis headache;

4. Brain tumor headache;

5. Stroke headache;

6. Neurospasmodic headache;

7. Head injury headache;

8. Cerebellar atrophic headache, 9. Cerebral arteriosclerotic headache, etc.

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