What Causes Headaches?
In ancient Greece, headaches were considered a powerful affliction. Victims prayed for relief from Asclepius, the god of medicine. And if the pain continued, a medical practitioner would perform the best- known remedy, drilling a small hole in the skull to drain supposedly infected blood. This dire technique called trepanation often replaced the headache with a more permanent condition. Fortunately, doctors, today don't resort to power tools to cure headaches. But we still have a lot to learn about this ancient ailment. Today we have classified headaches into two camps: 1. Primary headaches 2. Secondary headaches Primary headaches are not symptomatic of an underlying disease, injury, or condition; they are the condition itself. Primary headaches account for 50% of reported cases, we actually know much more about secondary headaches. Secondary headaches are caused by other health problems with triggers ranging from dehydration and caffeine withdrawal to head and neck injury or h