What are the best remedies for headaches?
Answered by Dr. Howard E. LeWine
M.D. Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing · 40 years of experience · USA
The best remedy for headaches is the one that works best for you. It could be just lying down in dark, quiet room. For people with migraine, taking preventive medicine daily can be very effective. If you do use medication, take it as soon as your feel the headache about to come on. An inexpensive over-the-counter product that contains aspirin, acetaminophen and caffeine works well for many people.
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What the location of your headache can actually tell you?
Answered by Dr. Howard E. LeWine
M.D. Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing · 40 years of experience · USA
The location of a headache may suggest the cause. For example, migraine often starts on one side of the head. Pain and tenderness over one of the facial sinuses suggests sinus blockage or infection. Headache with neck pain and stiffness could be just muscle spasm, but on rare occasions the combination could be due to meningitis or bleeding around in and around the brain.
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