• Question: why do people have headaches?

    Asked by to Del, Catherine, John, Krishna, Mo Rassul on 17 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Catherine Mansfield answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      There are many different types of headaches and they can have many different causes.
      Headaches can be caused by stress, not getting enough sleep, depression, dehydration and as a side effect of certain drugs.

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      Adelle Thrower answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Usually a swelling caused by trauma like a bump to the head. Anxiety and stress can cause headaches due to your muscles all being tight
      Being dehydrated can give you a headache and an ice cream headache is caused by the nerves in your face getting really cold and tricking the brain into thinking there’s pain

    • Photo: Krishna Mohan Surapaneni

      Krishna Mohan Surapaneni answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      The most common cause of headaches is prolonged tension or stress.

      Other causes include:

      any sort of tension,
      Psychological factors such as anxiety, fatigue (e.g., eyestrain), and stress (e.g., long periods of concentration) &
      mechanical factors such as neck strain (e.g., working on a computer for prolonged periods)

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