It is the generic terminology that usually tends to indicate any pain localized in the head, of varying intensity and nature. The less popular term to indicate headache is “cephalea” or “cephalgia”. It is a medical condition that can be one of the symptoms of brain diseases or other diseases (fever, stress, ear infections, sinusitis, neuralgia and other more serious diseases), as happens in the so-called “secondary headaches” or “symptomatic headaches”, but it can also be a symptom and a disease at the same time, as happens in the so-called “primary headaches” or “essential headaches”, which are real diseases.
Headaches are caused by the alteration of physiological mechanisms and processes that activate/involve structures sensitive to pain stimuli, located in some areas of the head and neck: periosteum of the skull, muscles, nerves, arteries, veins, subcutaneous tissues, eyes, ears, mucous membranes.
Headache can be more or less intense, continuous or intermittent, chronic or episodic and can be accompanied by hypersensitivity to light and sound, nausea, tearing. Finally, it can affect the entire head or just one area of the head.
When the headache is a symptom of the presence of other pathologies, it is necessary to find the underlying pathology in order to work on it, while if the headache is itself a disease, the remedies depend on various factors, but in any case it is always essential to ask for a consultation with a professional.
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