 Hello everyone. I am Dr. Rohit Pai, Consultant Neurologist, KMC, Ambedkar Circle. Today I will be talking about headaches. Headaches can be classified into two types, primary headache and secondary headache. Primary headache, headache is the disease itself. Secondary headache, headache is a symptom of a disease. The most common cause of primary headache is tension headache followed by migraine followed by cluster headache. Secondary headaches may be due to various causes like systemic infection, intracranial infection, intracranial trauma, temporal or melondubular joint disorders, sinusitis, temporal arthritis. Migraine is very common in the world as well as in India. It affects around 30% women and around 20% men. Migraine is a type of a primary headache which is characterized by unilateral headache. It is also associated with photophobia, phonophobia, nausea and vomiting. Migraine gets aggravated with activity and an exposure to sunlight. There are some trigger foods which can trigger a migraine attack. These trigger foods include caffeine, cola drinks, fast food items, certain vegetables and fruits like citrus fruits, tomatoes. So it is better to avoid trigger foods to prevent migraine attacks. Maintaining good sleep hygiene is also essential to prevent migraine attacks. If a person gets frequent migraine attacks, we usually advise prophylactic medicines. These prophylactic medicines help in preventing headaches. There are certain medicines which we give during our acute migraine attack that includes analgesics and Sumatipta. Migraine can be easily managed and treated. Thank you.