TypesHemicrania Continua

This rare type of continuous headache doesn't stop. It causes pain on one side of your face or head.

What Are Hypnic Headaches?

Hypnic headache syndrome is a disorder that happens only while you’re asleep and mostly affects women over 50.

Ice Pick Headaches

Ice pick headaches feel like someone’s stabbing your face with an ice pick. They're also called stabbing headaches.

New Daily Persistent Headaches

New daily persistent headaches (NDPH) begin without warning and go on for 3 months or longer.

Overview of Cough Headaches

Ever notice that if you cough a little too hard, your head hurts for a bit? That’s a cough headache.

Headaches After Exercise

Headaches that most frequently occur due to exercise or over-exertion include jogger's headache and orgasmic headache.

Ice Cream Headaches (Brain Freeze)

An ice cream headache, a cold stimulus headache, or “sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia,” is a familiar sensation.

Paroxysmal Hemicrania

Paroxysmal hemicrania is painful headaches on one side of your head that don’t last long but happen several times a day.

What Is an Altitude Headache?

When you're in the mountains to ski, hike, or take in the view, you could get head pain called an altitude headache.

Cervicogenic Headaches

If a headache is related to a problem in your neck, there's a good chance it's a cervicogenic headache (CH).

What Is Post-Traumatic Headache?

If you get a new headache within 7 days of a head injury you may have a condition called "post-traumatic headache."

Low-Pressure and High-Pressure Headaches

Low-pressure headaches and high-pressure headaches are caused by a change of pressure inside your skull.

Spinal Headaches

A spinal headache is the name for a type of headache that follows a procedure like a spinal tap or an epidural block.

Thunderclap Headaches

Thunderclap headaches are rare and come on suddenly. They can cause intense pain and often nausea and vomiting.

Occipital Neuralgia

Occipital neuralgia can cause intense pain that feels like a sharp electric shock in the back of the head and neck.

Sinus HeadachesWhat Are Sinus Headaches?

The build-up of pressure in your sinuses causes pain that feels like a headache.

Migraine vs. Sinus Headache

Headaches and nasal congestion are also symptoms of migraine. So how can you tell the difference?

How to Treat Sinus Headaches

Clogged sinuses can impart pain and pressure above your nose and between your eyes. The right treatment can bring relief.

Rebound HeadachesWhat Are Rebound Headaches?

When a headache strikes, you might take an OTC pain pill. These same medicines could also give you a rebound headache.

Medicines That Can Cause Headaches

All medications have side effects, and sometimes a headache is one of them.