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There are various headache pain remedies for different types of headaches. There are four types of headaches. It's important to know which type of headache you have before you can decide on a treatment. You also have the option between medical or natural treatment.

Tension-type headaches should be easy to cure because the headache is caused by straining. Common are eyestrain, neck or back strain. Give yourself a break, do some exercise or get a massage should bring pain relief.

Inflammatory headaches are symptoms of a disease and must me treated accordingly. A sinus headache comes from an infected sinus. Studies have shown that over 90% of all self-diagnosed sinus headaches are not sinus headaches but simple migraines. If you don't have the symptoms like fever, swollen lymph nodes or a yellow or green nasal secretion then you most likely have no sinus infection either. However, it's the best is to conduct your doctor for an exact diagnosis.

While most headaches are not caused by diseases and don't need medical attention, you should always consult with your doctor if in doubt. Especially when you have frequent, sudden and severe headaches. Several diseases cause headaches which need immediate medical treatment like cerebral aneurysms, brain tumors, encephalitis or meningitis and diseases of spine.

Other types of headaches are treated differently. The most common harmless but painful headaches are vascular headaches. Migraines and cluster headaches belong to this group but both must be treated differently as well. It's assumed that a dilation of the blood vessels is the reason for the pain.

Migraines are strong headaches in one or both parts of the head which can take hours or even days. Cluster headaches are characterized by several sudden and very severe pain attacks which are located behind or above one eye which additional symptoms like a droopy eyelid, tearing or sweating. They can disappear for weeks or months before they come again while migraines come more periodically.

For both types of headaches prevention is better than trying to get pain relief after the headache has already started. This is especially true for cluster headaches because they come without sign of warning with sudden pain that pain killers don't help quickly enough. Conventional pain killers like Aspiring, Ibuprofen and Paracetamol don't help with cluster headaches but well with migraines. The best known way to abort cluster headaches is inhaling pure oxygen which can bring relief within a few minutes. Also injections of steroids are donw to bring quick relief. Another way is using Triptan drugs like Sumatriptan or Zolmitriptan. Natural remedies are hot showers and exercise.

These treatments are not recommended by migraines because they can make the migraine worse. For migraines you should lie down, breath slowly and relax. Darken the room. Conventional pain killers help. Make cold compresses applied to your forehead, temples and neck. Some report that hot compresses help them better but in theory the cold compresses should help better against the dilation of the blood vessels.

Also a strong hot cup of coffee helps to narrow the arteries. A hot tee of feverfew has been used since centuries against migraines. Many say that Magnesium supplements help against migraines. Many also report that frequent exercise has reduce the occurrence of migraines clearly.

The best treatment for chronic headaches is to find out what causes them. Often triggers can be identified and avoided to reduce headaches. Get aware of what you eat and what you do and run a diary for a few days when you headaches occur, what you ate and did before. Common triggers are stress, flashing lights, noise and certain foods like refined sugars, alcohol, red wine, milk products.