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Headaches

Also called Tension headache and migraine, Tension headaches, Migraines, Daily headaches

4 min plan76 min with every studyUpdated Sep 27, 2026

Who it's forA man aged 18 to 45 with headaches on several days a month.

When to see a doctor

Call 911 now: a headache that came on suddenly and is extremely painful, the worst ever. It can be a bleed on the brain.
Call 911 now: headache with a very high temperature and a stiff neck, light hurting your eyes, or a rash that does not fade under a glass.
Call 911 now: headache with weakness or numbness, slurred speech, confusion or drowsiness, a seizure, loss of vision, or after a head injury.
Urgent care or your doctor today: headaches that started after 50, jaw pain when eating, or a sore, tender scalp.
Urgent care or your doctor today: headache with blurred or double vision, throwing up, or made worse by coughing, sneezing, bending or exercise.
Urgent care or your doctor today: a headache that changes with posture, worse standing or lying down, or a change in personality or thinking.
Today: a painful red eye with misty vision and headache. It can be acute glaucoma.
Your doctor: new headaches with a weak immune system or a past cancer, a headache that keeps getting worse, or a clear change in your usual pattern.
Your doctor: headaches several times a week, painkillers not helping, or painkillers on 10 or more days a month.
Your doctor: severe attacks of pain around one eye with a red, watery eye. That is cluster headache, with its own treatments.

I am not a doctor. This is not medical advice. This is self-education. Every dose on this page is the one a trial or a label used, quoted from it. It is not a prescription. Talk to a physician who has your history before any medicine or procedure. A sudden, severe headache, fever with a stiff neck, or weakness: call 911.