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Editor-In-Chief: Robert G. Schwartz, M.D. [1], Piedmont Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, P.A.; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

History and Symptoms

Symptoms in primary headaches include:

Some headaches onset without aura. Certain food, emotion changes or environmental chages may be the auras for other headaches.
A pain that begins in the back of the head and upper neck, as a tightness or pressure.
The pain is usually mild and bilateral
Not accompanied with nausea or vomiting
Usually occur sporadically
No function damage

Symptoms in secondary headaches depend on the underlying cause. Except for headache, there may be other symptoms such as the following.