Headaches

Headaches

Headaches are one of the most frequentl sufferings for people around the world. They cause significant changes in a person's quality of life, restricting the normal course of life, reducing work capacity or adversely affecting leisure opportunities.

Headaches are caused by pain signals – interactions between the brain, blood vessels and nerves in the head. During a headache, the pain signals are not transmitted from the brain, as most believe, but rather they come from the activated nerves around the skull, blood vessels and head muscles. For this reason, the diagnosis and treatment of headaches is a rather complex process, which depends on various important side factors and should be entrusted to a team specialists from several fields.

More information about the types of headaches is avaliable in the section Headache types.