What is Headache?
A '''headache''' is when your head hurts. It is not when you hit your head with something and made it hurt that way, but when your head hurts from inside. Headache is the symptom of [[pain]] in the [[face]], [[head]], or [[Neck (body part)|neck]]. A headache can be caused by one of several things, which are listed here: * [[Fever]] * Watching [[television]] or looking at a [[computer]] [[screen]] for a long time. * Being tired or [[sleepy]]. * As an effect of [[stress (biology)|stress]]. * By other [[neurology|neurological]] conditions ('neurological' means touching the [[nerve]]s and the [[brain]]), like with [[epilepsy]] The second edition of the International Headache Classification (ICHD-2) defines more than 220 different types of headaches in three categories:<ref>Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society. The International Classification of Headache Disorders. Second Edition. ''Cephalalgia.'' 2004; (Suppl 1):1-160. [http://www.ihs-classification.org/en/ Online version.]</ref> * Primary headaches, for example [[migraine]], [[tension headache]] and [[cluster headache]]. * Secondary headaches * Cranial neuralgias, central and primary facial pain and other headaches Many headaches can be relieved with [[analgesic]]s like [[aspirin]]. == Other names == [[Cephalalgia]] == Causes == * [[Brain tumor]] * [[Lyme disease]] * [[Influenza]] * [[Brain metastasis]] * [[Foodborne Intoxication]] * [[Sinusitis]] * [[Meningitis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/meningitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20350508|title=Meningitis - Symptoms and causes|website=Mayo Clinic}}</ref> * [[Encephalitis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/encephalitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20356136|title=Encephalitis - Symptoms and causes|website=Mayo Clinic}}</ref> == Treatments == In many cases headaches can be relieved naturally. Many methods such as massaging the temples near the eye, exercising your eyes (blinking, palming) and walking can all help relieve