Headache
Most people experience headaches many times. A headache’s principal symptom is pain in the head or face. The condition comes in several types, and the most common is the tension headache. Most headaches are not dangerous, but they could also be a warning sign of a more serious medical condition.
It could be a symptom of the early stage of shingles. But people should not rely on self-diagnosis. Flu-like symptoms and sensitivity to light typically accompany the headache, and it is easy to mistake it for a tension headache or migraine. But if the person feels pain or tingling in an area, and the rash eventually develops and turns into blisters in a few days, the person has shingles.
When a person gets a headache, they describe the condition as a dull, sharp, constant, or throbbing pressure. The type of pain, frequency, location, and severity of the headache differ. Headaches are common, so it is surprising that over 150 types fall into two categories, primary and secondary. Primary headaches include migraines, tension, cluster, and persistent headaches that occur daily. For most people, primary headaches are part of their genetic makeup.
