”When patients say they have a headache, doctors think they have a headache” is a common saying among physicians. As one of the most common symptoms of disease, almost everyone has experienced a headache in their lifetime, and 9% of adults worldwide seek medical attention for headaches each year. Headaches can be caused by colds and fevers, can be caused by prolonged work stress, and are more likely to occur after head trauma. Headache is the subjective sensation of the cerebral cortex in response to various pain-causing factors, which is the result of nerve impulses from the sensory nerve endings in the head and neck that are stimulated by changes in the internal and external environment. There are many causes of headache, which can be roughly divided into two categories: primary and secondary. Primary headache is a clinical type such as migraine and tension-type headache, which accounts for more than 85% of all headache patients. Secondary headache is a headache that can be caused by a clear cause, involving various intracranial pathologies such as cerebrovascular disease, intracranial infection, cranial trauma, brain tumor, systemic diseases such as fever, internal environmental disorders and abuse of psychoactive drugs. Although headache is a common clinical symptom that occurs in almost everyone, a small number of headaches are a clinical manifestation of malignant lesions in the brain and must be treated early. According to the report, there are some common “warning signs” of malignant headache. When there is a sudden onset of the first headache, the most severe headache in a lifetime, a progressive aggravation of headache, or a recent change in the nature of headache, patients should seek medical attention as soon as possible to clarify or rule out the existence of some “malignant” lesions in the brain. “malignant” lesions in the brain. Most headaches are triggered by a number of factors that vary from patient to patient, for example, migraines are often associated with weather changes, changes in diet, menstrual flow, etc. Try to avoid these factors while treating the headache. Tension-type headaches are often related to insomnia, depression or anxiety, etc. If the treatment is only for headaches, the effect is often greatly reduced. Therefore, the treatment of headache should not be a headache treatment or a foot treatment, but a comprehensive treatment. Quick screening of headache types 1. Headache affects the ability to perform daily activities; 2. Headache has been accompanied by vomiting or regurgitation; 3. Headache feels blinding light and does not want to open eyes. If you have all three of these, you are basically considered to have migraine. If the headache is not severe, but is mainly a crushing or dull pain, and the triggering factors are obviously related to mood changes and insomnia, and the headache can be long or short, the headache is considered to be a tension-type headache.