Migraines are very intense and chronic headaches you get due to certain triggers or causes. These headaches are throbbing pain in one side of your head due to which you can also experience nausea and sensitivity to noise or light. But a lot of people confuse migraines with sinusitis or allergic headaches. So what should you know about them to know the difference? Read on to find out.

Allergic Headaches or Sinusitis:

WIth the start of spring, a lot of flowers shed pollen due to which allergies and resulting headaches increase in frequency. Pollen can travel almost anywhere, as well as into a person’s nasal cavity. This can lead to Rhinitis – which is the inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose. This can result in a headache.

These headaches usually reside in the forehead, between or behind the eyes and cheekbones and usually also result in nasal congestion. However, migraines are slightly more serious.

Migraines:

Migraines usually happen due to a trigger and the pain is usually a high intensity throb in the side of your head and neck. But because the pain resides in the areas where sinusitis are prone to happen, it is hard to understand if it’s due to an allergy or if it’s more serious. So we’ve created a short list of major symptoms where you can understand that your headache is more serious than an allergy and should see a doctor right away:

• Your headache is accompanied by insistent vomiting, confusion, high sensitivity to light and noise, dizziness, fever and stiff neck.
• Your headaches are very severe and happen very frequently.
• You find yourself taking painkillers more than thrice in two days.

These are very few symptoms, but may result in more unpleasantness or even worse conditions if they persist. Please approach your family doctor or a good physician for diagnosis if your pain persists – and this applies to both cases; allergies and migraines.