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Why Does My Head Ache?
Your Vision's Blurry
You Tense Your Neck and Shoulders
You're Hungry
You Skipped Your Morning Coffee
You Had Sex
Your Sinuses Are Swollen
You Drank Too Much Last Night
You Just Ate Ice Cream
You Hit Your Head
You Have an Ear Infection
You Overdo Your Pain Relievers
You Ate a Headache "Trigger"
You Just Worked Out
You've Got the Wrong Pillow
When to Call 911
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SOURCES:
American Academy of Ophthalmology: "What Is Presbyopia?"
American Optometric Association: "Hyperopia (Farsightedness)."
American Migraine Foundation: "Mild Closed Head Injury and Headache," "Medication Overuse Headache," "Understanding Caffeine Headaches."
Cleveland Clinic: "Headaches and Food."
Harvard Health Publishing: "What causes ice cream headache?"
Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Library: "Hangover Headache."
Mayo Clinic: "Cough headaches," "Exercise headaches," "Ear infection (middle ear)," "Ice Cream Headaches," "Acute Sinusitis," "Sex Headaches," "Tension Headaches," "Farsightedness."
National Eye Institute: "Facts About the Cornea and Corneal Disease."
National Headache Foundation: "Hypoglycemia."
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: "Headache: Hope Through Research."
National Sleep Foundation: "Waking up with a throbbing head? Find out what may be the root cause."
National Stroke Association: "Signs and Symptoms of Stroke."
The Migraine Trust: "Hypoglycaemia."