Even though our brain itself does not have nerves to feel pain, several areas of the skull such as the scalp, face, mouth and throat have pain-sensitive nerve fibers, which can hurt. Headache - or cephalgia - commonly refers to any kind of pain that would appear in one or several of these sensitive areas of the skull.

Headaches can be put into two categories: Primary headaches, to which stress headache, cluster headache and migraine headache belong and which are not associated with any other condition; And Secondary headaches which are associated with a disease.

Headaches are the most common affection of the nervous system. Everybody will suffer from headache at least once , but for 55 million Americans, it is an everyday experience. According to the World Health Organization, one in every 20 adult suffers from frequent headaches, with women being more at risk than males.

Headaches can be severely disabling and are able to very negatively affect the people who suffer from them. Work ability is lessened for such people, which can be detrimental to their economic situation.

Social skills are also reduced as the suffering, or the fear thereof, sometimes makes people more tense. Some people who have migraine may even have to consistently be careful about everything they eat, everything they see, and even everything they smell, as certain strong or unpleasant sensations may be hurtful.

Because headaches are perceived as such a common, trivial condition, people who experience them on a regular basis also have to deal with the incomprehension of their friends and relatives. This social barrier may also hold people back from trying to get medical attention and benefiting from an appropriate treatment. However before it can be treated, your headache has to be "identified".

We have seen before that there are two main kinds of headache: Primary and Secondary, each subdivided into a lot of different subcategories. Their symptoms may differ as well as what causes them and, obviously, the way they can be treated. This is the reason why they should to be effectively identified by a practitioner in order to receive an adequate treatment.

Stress headache, also known as tension headache, is the most ordinary type of primary headache and is the cause for almost 90% of all headaches. It is commonly considered to be related to stress or related to musculoskeletal problems in the area of the neck.

Tension headache is usually episodic and may persist from a few minutes to a few hours, but might last for several days in the most severe cases. It is usually described as a constant pressure, most commonly on each side of the head, or spreading around it, at times also extending to the neck.

Migraine is slightly different and is thought to almost certainly have a genetic origin. Migraines happen when the brain releases painful substances, which spread to the nerves and vessels in the head. Migraine most often occurs once a month and lasts for a few hours, with accompanying symptoms like nausea and intolerance of regular levels of light and sound.

Cluster headaches often occur frequently and are short lasting. They are also very painful. They occur in clusters of 6 to 12 weeks and every one or two years, very often at the same period of the year. The pain is extraordinarily sharp and affects the entire head, generally beginning in the eye, and then affecting the forehead, nose and mouth. It is much more uncommon than other sorts of headache and primarily affects men.

Headaches are generally treated with over-the-counter painkillers such as aspirin, ibuprofen or paracetamol. A physician could also tell you to avoid some usual triggers such as noise or some sorts of foods.

Caffeine, Magnesium and Vitamin B2 have also been regarded as useful in the treatment of migraine. Drugs are however costly and may have negative side effects, especially for people who have to use them on a regular basis. This is the reason why you may want to consider a different way of avoiding the different sorts of headache.

NLP and Hypnosis were indeed proven to be working and will help you to eliminate pain anywhere in your body, including your head, as well as becoming more relaxed at the same time. Stress is a very common cause of headache, and specific hypnotic techniques exist to eliminate both stress and headaches quickly.

People who suffer from migraine or cluster headache can usually feel the first symptoms before the pain really happens, and could learn self-hypnosis techniques to get rid of them before they get too painful. Hypnotherapists who understand how disabling a headache can be have designed these methods.

Hypnotherapy is a drug free modality that will help you to find the relief you have been looking for. Headache is a serious affliction with numerous forms, affecting millions of people worldwide. Learn to fight it and to relax with the soothing method of self-hypnosis.