Mild Headache

Mild Headache Overview

Headaches are common but usually do not represent a serious illness. Even when headaches do not have a serious cause, they may be quite painful and disrupt daily activities.

There are many different causes of headache. The pain in different types of headache varies in intensity, location, and duration. Another important feature that helps distinguish among different types of headache is the quality of the pain -- whether it is sharp, dull, constant, intermittent, or pounding. Additional symptoms may accompany a headache:

Dizziness
Numbness or weakness
Changes in vision
Difficulty with balance
Eye, ear, or facial pain
Cold symptoms
Fever
Sensitivity to light or sound
Nausea with or without vomiting

All these factors help determine whether or not a headache needs emergency treatment. Ultimately, the cause of the headache is the determining factor in deciding the best treatment.

Headache can affect anyone, of any race, socioeconomic status, age, and gender.
Stress and anxiety are reported to trigger some people's headaches. Some headaches seem to have no apparent cause.
The most common types of headache are known as tension-type, while the next most common are called migraine. What most people consider to be a mild headache is most often tension-type headache or a mix of tension-type and migraine.

Medical Author:

Mark Langdorf, MD

Coauthor:

Aaron Bright, MD

Medical Editor:

John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

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