What is the commonest eye problem causing headache?
Error of refraction is a very common cause of headache. Correction with prescription eyeglasses usually relieve and prevent vision-related headaches. What is tension headache? When all other possibilities have been ruled out, and considering the stress factor in the diagnostic equation, tension headache becomes the prime suspect. This tends to be chronic or continuous and usually starts from the back of the head or the front of the skull, just above the eyes, then spreads to the entire head. It is felt as a vice-like pressure sensation “constricting” the skull. This lasts from 30 minutes to one week, and is non-pulsating, bilateral, mild to moderate in intensity, and not affected by exertion, and not associated with nausea, vomiting or sensitivity to sound, light or smell, like migraine is. On the other hand, headaches due to high blood pressure or febrile illnesses usually cause throbbing pain that involves any part of the head. How is headache managed? Majority of common headaches ar
