Ailments and Situations - Headache - Where's It Coming From?

Where's It Coming From?

Your brain does not contain sensory nerves, though this organ is a giant mass of nervous tissue. The feeling of pain originates from irritation of external structures, such as the meningeal lining encapsulating the brain and spinal cord. Other physical sources include the sinuses, blood vessels, nerves, and scalp.

Symptoms and Signs:

As the name implies, pain is experienced in one or more locations of the head. The pain takes many forms including dull, numbing, pulsing, shooting, throbbing, worse when stationary, worse by movement. Other symptoms include nausea and sensitivity to light.

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