Understanding Headaches and Migraines
Chapter One
Headache or migraine,
acute or chronic?
Most of the time, it is possible to work out
whether someone has a headache or a
migraine. There are usually clear differences
between the two, as you will see from this
chapter.
Headaches differ in both intensity and in type, or quantity and quality if you
like, which means that two headaches of similar type but differing in intensity
can end up in two different categories. However, as with many things in life,
there can be confusions in the grey areas where one category meets another.
(Could anyone say exactly when they stop liking someone and start loving
them, or exactly when day becomes night?) To confuse the issue further, within
the category of 'headache' there are many sub-types. In addition, how long
you have them for can influence whether a doctor perceives you to be a victim
to either acute or chronic headaches.
Some people will often say they have a migraine when actually they do
not. Similarly, some people with a migraine think that they simply have a
'bad headache'. Hopefully, reading this bo ... read full excerpt from Understanding Headaches and Migraines ebook
