| Migraine | Tension-Type | Cluster |
Chronic Daily Headache |
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| Location of pain | One side or both sides of head | Both sides of head | One side of head | Both sides of head |
| Duration of pain | 4 to 72 hours | 2 hours to days | 40 to 90 minutes; often once every 24 hours for weeks | Off/On - daily |
| Severity of pain | Mild, Moderate, or Severe | Mild or Moderate | Severe | Mild to moderate |
| Nausea, sensitivity to light, sound, odors, movement | Yes (Maybe) | No | No | Maybe |
| Redness or tearing of eyes stuffy or runny nose | Maybe | No | Yes | No |
| Gender ratio (F:M) | 3:1 | 1:1 | 1:4 | 1.8:1 |
| Age of onset | Teens-20s | Any | 27-31 years, typically | Adult, typically |
| Family history of headache | Usually | Not usually | Occassionally | Occassionally |
| Quality of pain | Throbbing | Pressure/ache | Stabbing/burning | Pressure/throbbing |
| Aura | 10%-20% of patients | No | Rarely | Rarely |
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