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Have you had a throbbing head recently? Odds or good that you have: As many as 78 percent of Americans get tension headaches and an estimated 30 million of us suffer from migraines.
Sure, you can reach for some over-the-counter meds whenever a headache hits, but here’s a better idea: Know your triggers so you can avoid a headache altogether.
Figuring out what your triggers are may be a little challenging—there are different types of headaches and a variety of different triggers for each. Anything from scents, sinus problems, even the weather (drops in temperature triggered 20 percent of the migraines people experienced in a year, according to a recent study) can set one off. While you can’t change the forecast, you can study up on the common triggers listed below, and track your headaches in a notebook to discover if yours follow a specific pattern.
