Headache is a common disorder which results in pain and suffering, lost hours of productive work and a negative effect on the quality of life.

Headache sufferers are among distinguished company. Described over two thousand years ago by the Greek physician and philosopher Hippocrates, headache has plagued the medieval abbess. Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Jefferson, and Lewis Carroll.

Headaches authorities find over 90% of frequent headache sufferers have tension, migraine, mixwd or cluster headaches. Less often headache is due to more serious diseases such as brain tumor, stroke, or high blood pressure.
Headache is one of the most frequent reasons for which patients seek a physicians help. Many sufferers never even seek the aid of a physician but consume substantial quantities of nonprescription drugs. An enormous amount of prescription as well as over-the-counter medication is used in the United States in order to relieve headache.

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