Here's What a COVID-19 Headache Feels Like - Yahoo Life

Headache, fatigue and cold-like symptoms such as runny nose were the most commonly reported Omicron symptoms, says one recent study in the journal The BMJ, while another in The Journal of Headache and Pain found headache to be one of the most frequent and persisting “long Covid” symptoms.

Medical experts are also finding that headaches are presenting as a Covid-19 symptom in both people who are predisposed (a.k.a previously suffered from headaches pre-infection), and those who have never had a headache before at all.

Here’s what to know about a Covid-19 headache, plus how to find some relief.

If you’ve ever had a headache or frequently deal with them, this might sound familiar.

But since there are several types of headaches — migraine, tension and cluster being the biggies— there’s a chance you may not have experienced this exact type of headache pain before.

“Most people report it to be a tension-type headache, with a band-like phenomenon, but it can also be a migraine-type headache that comes with nausea or light and sound sensitivity,” explains Rachel Colman, M.D., board-certified neurologist and headache medicine specialist at Hartford Healthcare Ayer Neuroscience Institute in Connecticut.

Shafqat says a COVID-19 headache may also feel like or be accompanied by:.

For one, the body-wide inflammation you experience while infected with the virus could trigger a headache, as could the blood vessels in your brain becoming inflamed, says Dr.

Then there’s the potential neurological piece, since we know COVID-19 can attack our neurological system, plus headache in general is a neurological condition.

Some patients who have had migraine and tension headaches before say they become more frequent right after COVID, and some people who have never had them routinely are developing tension-like headache symptoms that linger,” Dr.

In general, it’s a good idea to talk to your doctor anytime headaches interfere with your daily life or become frequent enough for you to be taking OTC pain relievers on a regular basis — they can help you figure out medications that may help you get relief, or pinpoint underlying issues that could be contributing?