When a patient complains of a headache, there are many different ways to respond. In many cases, the headache can be non-life threatening as millions of Americans experience headaches. There are three main types of headaches: tension, migraines and sinus headaches. An interesting fact, the brain itself does not have any pain receptors. This means that the pain coming from a headache is actually pain that is being picked up by facial or neck receptors not the actual brain. A tension headache can be due to stress and are caused by muscle contractions of the head or the neck. A migraine is said to be caused by changes in blood vessel size and can be described as being a pounding or throbbing pain. A sinus headache is caused by pressure in the sinus cavities, due to a buildup of fluid. Now, these are not concerning headaches and do not require emergency care. A headache that comes suddenly and causes changes in levels of consciousness are worrying signs. The main concerns for serious headaches include meningitis, hemorrhage, stroke or brain tumor. If you are in a location where more than one person is experiencing a headache, this could be due to carbon monoxide poisoning. All of these cases need immediate emergency transport and care.
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For scientific writing you
For scientific writing you usually don't say words like many you would say the number of the examples or whatevery it is you're talking about, but I really liked this topic
THis is a very interesting
THis is a very interesting paragraph, I think a lot of people get headaches and often don't know they different kinds they could be. If you were to re-write this in the future you could expand on the differnt symptoms of the different types of headache
interesting
I think that this is really interesting, but at the same time, the way the writing is organized is slightly confusing. You've said that there were three types of headaches but then list a fourth type of headache. Is a headache that requires immediate attention another type of headache separate from the three that you've listed?
Interesting
This was interesting to read! Is there a more medical term for the word "headache" that you could use in the begining maybe to give it some scientific flair?