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What Are the Different Types of Headaches?
Anyone who suffers from headaches knows they can put a damper on everyday life. But not all headaches are alike. Learn what type of headache you have.

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What Kind of Headache Do You Have?
Some people say the pain is like a band slowly tightening around their head. Others describe pain that worsens when someone turns on a light. Both are descriptions of headaches.

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Headaches are a common cause of suffering, but all headaches are not created equal. The main challenge to affording relief from various forms of "cephalgia," or "head pain," is categorizing a headache by type, and then proceeding with the therapy most likely to help.

The International Headache Society's landmark work on headache classification has allowed important advances in headache study, but is somewhat awkward to use in clinical practice. One practical approach is to first distinguish "urgent" headaches (those that may be life-threatening) from others that may be less urgent, if no less distressing. Identifying "special" headaches (those that may only benefit from specific therapy) is the next step. Finally, if neither of these classifications fit, treatment of tension or migraine headache (the most common) is in order.