Do you often find yourself massaging your forehead or your head? Can you not concentrate on work or studies because there is a throbbing pain in your head? Do you often pop painkillers because the headaches are severe and originate in specific parts of your head? If you said yes to all those questions, you must take your headaches more seriously, as they may be trying to indicate something bigger to you.
Headaches can be caused due to a variety of reasons – from being hungry to being sleep deprived or even a tumour. The location of the headache, in this case, plays an important role, as it can tell a lot about the cause of the headache. If you keep getting frequent headaches on the same location as your head, you should take it seriously and take medical help in the matter. Here is what your headaches are trying to tell you, and you must listen carefully.
Front lobe headaches – Pain in the forehead or the temples
Front lobe headaches have little to do with that part of the brain and are instead related more to other types of headaches. These headaches include tension headaches, eye strains, cluster headaches, headache due to sinus, etc. All these types of headaches can cause throbbing pain in the head, and lead to loss of concentration, ability to work, and may even be so bad that they cause dizziness or nausea.
A half headache
If you are experiencing pain in only one half of the head, it is most likely to be a migraine headache. A migraine headache is accompanied by sensitivity to light and loud sound and is characterized by an acute or a throbbing headache in one half of the head. If you frequently get such a headache, you must visit a doctor and seek their help.
Headache behind the ear
A headache behind the ear, or right where your ear ends and your head begins, can be a sign of an ear infection, or a problem with the eardrum or the ear canal. Such pain occurs only behind or around the ear and may need a doctor’s consultation if it does not subside on its own.
Headache at the bottom of the head or the neck
If a headache originates at the bottom of the head, or the beginning of the neck, it could be a stress headache, or due to migraine. Other causes of the headache could be arthritis in your upper spine or occipital neuralgia.
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