The series' host, Thomas P. Campbell, MD, is chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital. Headache Headache is a common disorder.
Headaches often recur and can seriously disrupt a person's life.
For some types of headache the cause is known. For other types, like migraine headaches, the cause is not known. Types of headaches The most common types of headaches are migraine headaches, cluster headaches, and tension headaches. Migraine headaches produce throbbing pain on one or both sides of the head. Often, nausea and vomiting, sensitivity to light and noise, and flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, aching, and sweating occur with a migraine headache.