There are 2 types of headaches:

• Headache can be caused by another disease (e.g. acute viral disease, sinusitis, high blood pressure). These types of headaches must be treated with the disease that caused them.
• Other type is headache that is not a sign of other diseases. The most common are muscle overtension headache (neck muscles) and migraine (often accompanied by vomiting, nausea, etc).

How to help yourself?

• Headaches are usually transient and very helpful is to take time off and give your body a break.
• When necessary, an analgesic (paracetamol, ibuprofen) can be taken.
• Most of the headache is related to muscle overtension/stiffness also, regular exercises (stretching) are good.

The family doctor/family nurse should be contacted when:

• to receive home treatment recommendations
• when the headache is accompanied by nausea, vomiting, tiredness and/or fever
• when the headache has became stronger
• headache is accompanied by symptoms / symptoms that have not previously occurred (such as vision problems, dizziness)