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Many people who go to see a 3D movie get a headache about 20 minutes into the movie. And even if you don’t get a headache, you may notice that your eyes don’t feel right. It could be anything from excessive tearing to an achiness that makes you take off the glasses and rub your [...]

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In Friday’s How-to Stuff, Cristen gave us a pretty interesting fun fact when she revealed that the most common source of head pain is ice cream — that was certainly news to me. But when I get a pain in the brain, ice cream is more likely to be a possible cure than a probable cause. So for those of us who don’t experience brain freeze, how are we to tell one headache from another? It’s important to know what kind of headache you’re treating before you start popping the pills.

Here’s my own fun fact for the day: about 90 percent of so-called sinus headaches are actually migraines, according to WebMD. While sinus infections can cause headaches, it’s pretty rare, and sinus headaches aren’t recognized as an “official” headache by the International Headache Society. I know that I was taught that if I had pain in my cheeks and at the front of my head, it was a sinus headache, but it turns out that 50 percent of migraines involve pain in that area as well, according to CBS.

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I don’t need to list out the symptoms of a headache because chances are, you’ve experienced one. According to the Mayo Clinic, 90 percent of women and 70 percent of men have fallen prey to tension-type headaches (TTH). These dull, achy headaches are the most common variety of the cranial scourge. Most of the time, they’re caused by eyestrain, muscle tension, stress and/or anxiety.

Popping an over-the-counter analgesic, such as acetaminophen, is a quick way to kill the pain. However, it always seems like headaches attack my skull whenever the medicine cabinet is bare. Some people are also squeamish about taking headache relievers since health professionals have linked them to circulatory problems, liver and kidney damage and gastrointestinal issues. But have no fear; if a TTH strikes, you can treat the pain without medication.

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