The three most common types of headache

Migraine

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Tension-type headache

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Medication overuse headache

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Discover your headache type

Migraine, tension-type headache and medication overuse headache are by far the most common types of headache. Take the Quick Headache Quiz to discover if your headache is one of those three types.

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Resources

  • App

    Our smartphone app is designed to help reduce migraine attacks, tension-type headache and medication overuse headache. It allows you to keep track of your triggers and to develop healthy habits using push notifications. The information you gather in the app helps your healthcare team to diagnose and treat you.

    Learn more about the app
  • The Patient's Guide

    Our Patient's Guide tells you all you need to know for effective headache prevention.

    Learn more about the patient's guide
  • The Film

    ‘Prevent Headache - the Movie' is a 7-minute video with the key facts about headaches and how to prevent them.

    Watch it now
  • Relaxation exercise

    Jacobson’s progressive muscle relaxation is a highly effective and easy-to-learn relaxation technique. Paying attention to what it feels like to engage and then release your muscles drains away all the tension from your body. The whole exercise takes no more than 10 minutes.

    Relax now

Resources

  • App

    Our smartphone app is designed to help reduce migraine attacks, tension-type headache and medication overuse headache. It allows you to keep track of your triggers and to develop healthy habits using push notifications. The information you gather in the app helps your healthcare team to diagnose and treat you.

    Learn more about the app
  • The Patient's Guide

    Our Patient's Guide tells you all you need to know for effective headache prevention.

    Learn more about the patient's guide
  • The Film

    ‘Prevent Headache - the Movie' is a 7-minute video with the key facts about headaches and how to prevent them.

    Watch it now
  • Relaxation exercise

    Jacobson’s progressive muscle relaxation is a highly effective and easy-to-learn relaxation technique. Paying attention to what it feels like to engage and then release your muscles drains away all the tension from your body. The whole exercise takes no more than 10 minutes.

    Relax now

About prevent-headache.org

The WHO ranks headache as one of the most disabling illnesses globally. 66.7 percent of women and 53.2 percent of men in Germany get regular headaches.

Migraine, tension headache and medication overuse headache are the most common headache types. Society in general – and people who get headaches – do not usually think of headache as an illness in its own right. Most people treat their headache with over-the-counter drugs and without seeing a doctor. Very few people know what causes headaches and what they can do to prevent them. This is where our work comes in.