The most common type of vascular headache is migraine. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head, an upset stomach, and, for some people, disturbed vision. It is more common in women. While vascular changes are evident during a migraine, the cause of the headache is neurological, not vascular. After migraine, the most common type of vascular headache is the "toxic" headache produced by fever.
Other kinds of vascular headaches include cluster headaches, which are very severe recurrent short lasting headaches, often located through or around either eye and often wake the patients up at the same time every night. Unlike migraines, these headaches are more common in men than in women.[citation needed]
Muscular/myogenicedit
Muscular (or myogenic) headaches appear to involve the tightening or tensing of facial and neck muscles; they may radiate to the forehead. Tension headache is the most common form of myogenic headache.
Cervicogenicedit
Cervicogenic headache originates from disorders of the neck, including the anatomical structures innervated by the cervical roots C1–C3. Cervical headache is often precipitated by neck movement and/or sustained awkward head positioning. It is often accompanied by restricted cervical range of motion, ipsilateral neck, shoulder, or arm pain of a rather vague non-radicular nature or, occasionally, arm pain of a radicular nature.
Traction/inflammatoryedit
Traction and inflammatory headaches are symptoms of other disorders, ranging from stroke to sinus infection. Specific types of headaches include:
Like other types of pain, headaches can serve as warning signals of more serious disorders. This is particularly true for headaches caused by inflammation, including those related to meningitis as well as those resulting from diseases of the sinuses, spine, neck, ears, and teeth.
Referencesedit
^Morris Levin; Steven M. Baskin; Marcelo E. Bigal (2008). Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine. Oxford University Press US. p. 60. ISBN978-0-19-536673-0.
January 01, 1970
classification, headaches, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources NIH classification of headaches news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message The NIH classification of headaches consists of brief relatively vague glossary type definitions of a limited number of headaches 1 It outlines five types of headache vascular myogenic muscle tension cervicogenic traction and inflammatory Contents 1 Vascular 2 Muscular myogenic 3 Cervicogenic 4 Traction inflammatory 5 ReferencesVascular editMain article vascular headache The most common type of vascular headache is migraine Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head an upset stomach and for some people disturbed vision It is more common in women While vascular changes are evident during a migraine the cause of the headache is neurological not vascular After migraine the most common type of vascular headache is the toxic headache produced by fever Other kinds of vascular headaches include cluster headaches which are very severe recurrent short lasting headaches often located through or around either eye and often wake the patients up at the same time every night Unlike migraines these headaches are more common in men than in women citation needed Muscular myogenic editMuscular or myogenic headaches appear to involve the tightening or tensing of facial and neck muscles they may radiate to the forehead Tension headache is the most common form of myogenic headache Cervicogenic editCervicogenic headache originates from disorders of the neck including the anatomical structures innervated by the cervical roots C1 C3 Cervical headache is often precipitated by neck movement and or sustained awkward head positioning It is often accompanied by restricted cervical range of motion ipsilateral neck shoulder or arm pain of a rather vague non radicular nature or occasionally arm pain of a radicular nature Traction inflammatory editTraction and inflammatory headaches are symptoms of other disorders ranging from stroke to sinus infection Specific types of headaches include Tension headache Migraine Idiopathic intracranial hypertension headache with visual symptoms due to raised intracranial pressure Ictal headache Cluster headache Brain freeze also known as ice cream headache Thunderclap headache Vascular headache Toxic headache Coital cephalalgia also known as sex headache Hemicrania continua Rebound headache also called medication overuse headache abbreviated MOH Red wine headache Spinal headache or post dural puncture headaches after lumbar puncture or related procedure that will lower the intracranial pressure Withdrawal caused by medication or other dependency creating substance removal cessation Hangover caused by heavy alcohol consumption New daily persistent headache A headache may also be a symptom of sinusitis Like other types of pain headaches can serve as warning signals of more serious disorders This is particularly true for headaches caused by inflammation including those related to meningitis as well as those resulting from diseases of the sinuses spine neck ears and teeth References edit Morris Levin Steven M Baskin Marcelo E Bigal 2008 Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine Oxford University Press US p 60 ISBN 978 0 19 536673 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NIH classification of headaches amp oldid 1177106737, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
