CLUSTER HEADACHESīrought about by a neurological disorder which causes recurrent and very severe headaches on one side of the head, often around the eye. A tension headache is generally a diffuse, mild to moderate pain in your head that’s often described as feeling like a tight band around your head. MIGRAINESĪ remitting and recurrent throbbing type headache that often affects one side of the head and face and can often be accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision. Some of the most common of these headaches are listed below. Headaches can be the result of a number of countless factors including:Īccording to Headache Australia, there are 37 different types of headache, each of which behave and are caused differently. Whether it comes on at the end of the day, worsens when you are stressed or you suffered a hit to the head, we have all experienced some kind of headache. Headaches and migraines affect more than 5 million Australians annually (71% being female and 86% being 20-60 years of age).Īching, throbbing, excruciating, annoying, splitting, hangover, typical, vicious huge, constant, standard or major… how many of these words have you used to describe the pain in your head. Headaches are one of the most common complaints in day to day life with every single person likely to experience headaches during their lifetime.