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Headache Origin of headache:  Stimulation of peripheral nocioreceptors due to tissue injury Damage of pain producing pathways of peripheral or central nervous system.  COMMON CAUSES of HEADACHE Primary Headache         Secondary Headache  Tension-type                    Systemic infection Migraine                            Head injury Idiopathic stabbing        Vascular disorders Exertions                          Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Cluster                               Brain tumour Pain producing cranial structures: Scalp, Middle meningeal artery, Dural sinuses, Falx cerebri, Proximal segments of large pial arteries.  Headac...