Migraine Vs Headache

What is a headache?

 A headache is contraction of muscles between the head and neck, the pain sufferer experiences is across the head and it is usually mild to moderate, a headache may last for a day but most commonly it lasts for few hours only. Most of the headaches fall under the category of tension headaches i.e. 90% are its type, once in a while you all must have experienced it and then it disappears in few hours.

What is amigraine?

Migraine is a severe pain in head a person goes through, it pains from moderate to very severe at the front or the side of the head, the pain may last for many days depending on its severity. Headache is the only one symptom of migraine, thechange in brain activity affects blood in the brain and surrounding tissues. Migraines are more than just a headache

Symptoms of headache: a person who suffers from headache pain also experiences below mentioned symptoms:

• Feeling dull, aching pain.
• Tightness, pressure on both sides your head
• Sore temples
• Pain behind your eyes
• Neck and shoulder tightness
• Scalp tenderness or temple region
• Restlessness and irritability

Symptoms of migraine headache: a person who suffers from migraine experiences additional symptomsotherthan headache they are mentioned below:

• Nausea
• vomiting
• Extreme sensitivity to light and sound
• Visual disturbances
• Tingling in one arm 
• Difficulty speaking
• Extreme fatigue

Causes of headaches

Headaches can happen in any part of the brain but how do these headaches appear and make the sufferer feel worse below here are mentioned some of the causes of headaches

• A headache sometimes is caused by the over activityof painsensitivestructures in your head.
• Your life style matters a lot if you have very lazy and disturbed routine then it’spossiblethat once in a while you may experience headache
• Changes in sleep or lack of sleep
•  Certain foods such as processed meats that contain nitrates
•  Poor posture
• Skipped meals
• Stress
• Alcohol, particularly  red wine
• Due to cough and cold a person may experience headache

Causes of Migraine

Migraine triggersvary person to person and they can include anything from environmental changes to specific foods the causes for migraine are mentioned below

• Stress
• Depression or anxiety
• Hormonal changes
• Lack of sleep
• Hunger
• alcohol consumption
• Weather changes
• Certain smells

Migraine vs. headache diagnosis

There are no specific tests that describe the headache and migraine but certainmonitoring and observation help in diagnosis

Tension headaches duration is short and can be helped with over the counter medicine and relaxation techniques occasionally patients see a doctor for the treatment of common headache but if it tends topain on continuous basis then you must see your doctor without any delay.

Severe migraine may not respond to over the counter medicine they require proper treatment and prescription from the doctor. The other non- prescription method also help a person to get relief from pain such as:

• exercising regularly

• Make dietary changes
• Use relaxation techniques