Headache is a problem that almost all people suffer from, but few people know that it can be completely different. As neurologist Valery Kuvaev told Vechernyaya Moskva, the causes of headaches are divided into two large groups – primary and secondary.
So, according to him, primary pains – and this is 90% of all headaches – occur in response to certain signals in the nervous system. These are just those pains where, fortunately, there is no damage – only chemical processes. Therefore, they rarely require a detailed examination, and a detailed conversation and a diary of observations are often enough for diagnosis.
The most common of the primary pains are: tension headache; migraine.
Kuvaev explained that migraine, for example, can be manifested by pain in the face, behind the eye, and pain in the chewing muscles can be given to the crown. But there are also rarer types. For example, a headache during orgasm or a short-term headache from ice cream.
As for secondary pains, in this case, the headache is already one of the symptoms of some other disease, that is, there is often real damage in the immediate vicinity of the nervous system of the head, the specialist explained.
“There are a lot of different rare causes in this group, because pain also accompanies diseases such as brain tumors, stroke or meningitis. Such conditions already require timely treatment, because without intervention, the course of the underlying disease can become worse, ”the doctor warned.
It is when secondary pain is suspected that detailed examinations begin to rule out or confirm the suspicions that have arisen. Fortunately, such pains are relatively rare, the doctor noted.
According to the expert, in order not to miss the dangerous or to take control of the non-dangerous, a visit to a neurologist is required. This is worth doing when: headaches are rare, but very strong and knock out of normal life; headaches are habitual, but become more frequent, approaching 10 days with pain per month; the nature of the headache and its sensation changed dramatically. Especially if it is a night pain or it is accompanied by some other symptoms (stupor, dizziness, weakness in the arm, and others).
Source: Rosbalt
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