
The goal of Headache and Migraine Awareness Week is to create wider understanding of headache and migraine as major public health disorders.
Headache and migraine have a biological basis, are common, occur across all age groups, and are burdensome but treatable.
Headaches are rarely a sign of serious illness, but they can be seriously debilitating. Find out the different types of headache, treatment options for headache and migraine, and what makes a headache serious.
Last Reviewed: 17 September 2012