The difference between migraine, cluster headache and tension headache lies in the etiology, symptoms and treatment.
1. Etiology: Migraine is a kind of vascular headache, mainly related to heredity, endocrine metabolism, environment and other factors; cluster headache is a kind of neurological headache, mainly related to heredity, vasodilatation, trigeminal nerve abnormality and other factors; tension headache is a kind of muscular contraction headache, mainly related to muscular contraction abnormality factors.
2. Symptoms: The symptoms of migraine are mainly one-sided headache, which can gradually develop into bilateral headache, and generally can be relieved within 4-72h; cluster headache is a brief attack, extremely intense unilateral headache, and the pain peak can be reached in 5-15 minutes; tension headache is mainly bilateral headache, which concentrates on the forehead, occiput, top of the head and other locations.
3. Treatment: Migraine is mainly treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin; cluster headache can be treated with oxygen therapy, verapamil, lithium and other medications; tension headache can be treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, psychotherapy, physiotherapy and other ways, and rest should be paid attention to in general.
If you have migraine, cluster headache, tension headache and other symptoms, you should seek medical treatment in time.