A throbbing headache may be caused by physiological factors, or it may be caused by migraine, high blood pressure, post-herpetic neuralgia, tension-type headache and other factors. 1. Physiological factors: for the recent lack of sleep, mental overstress, life stress, easy to cause a bout of throbbing headache phenomenon. 2. Migraine: lack of sleep, excessive psychological stress, excessive alcohol consumption and other factors may trigger migraine, which will lead to a throbbing headache, accompanied by photophobia, panic, sweating and other symptoms. 3. Hypertension: the presence of high blood pressure, emotional instability, will cause a rapid increase in blood pressure, which will lead to a throbbing headache, may also be accompanied by head swelling, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. 4. Post-herpetic neuralgia: If the head skin is infected with herpes zoster, neuralgia may appear, which can be manifested as a bout of throbbing pain, or cut-like, electric shock-like, tear-like pain. 5. Tension-type headache: this disease is caused by pericranial muscle or myofascial contraction or ischemia, inflammatory mediator release and other triggers, but also depression, anxiety and other factors. Often bilateral or unilateral headache, can be manifested as throbbing pain, throbbing pain and so on. Frequent symptoms of throbbing headache should be taken seriously, and early medical examination and treatment should be carried out to avoid delaying the condition.