Migraines are diagnosed primarily from symptoms, but your doctor may want to do a brain scan to rule out other causes of your headache, such as a brain tumor or bleeding in the brain.

You might not think to ask for a physical exam for an headache, but having a physical exam will help rule out possible causes of your headache.

Again and again, almost involuntarily, she half rose, remembering the last of the whisky, but as often lay down again, loathing the cause of her headache.

If this is the cause of your headache, letting your hair down usually brings fast relief.

From inflamed sinuses to drinking too much wine, the cause of your headache can determine how to combat it.