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| "Chinese Restaurant Headache" |
| This can occur when a susceptible person eats foods prepared with monosodium glutamate (MSG). Soy sauce, meat tenderizer and a variety of packaged foods might contain this chemical, which is used as a flavor-enhancer. |
| Hangover Headache |
| Jokes are often made about alcohol hangovers, but the headache associated with "the morning after" is no laughing matter. The hangover headache may be reduced by taking honey, which speeds alcohol metabolism, or caffeine, a constrictor of dilated arteries. Caffeine, however, can cause headaches as well as cure them. Heavy coffee drinkers often get headaches when they try to break the caffeine habit. |
| External Compression Headache |
| This refers to the occasional complaint of steady headache provoked by a tight hat or band on the head. |
| "Ice Cream Headache" |
| Such headaches develop in cold weather, after a swim in cold water or after the ingestion of cold food. |
| Benign Cough Headache |
| If a patient suffers head pain brought on by coughing over a long period of time intracranial pathology should be ruled out as a cause. This syndrome may develop in mid-life or later, last several months and spontaneously resolve. |
| Benign Exertional Headache |
| These may be brought on by exercise of any sort; like the external compression headache, more common in those who suffer from migraine. If these headaches continue to |
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