**Why am I being shot?** This is something that can happen to anyone and can be described in different ways, like throbbing or whistling... In terms of time, it can be continuous or last from minutes to hours... Headaches come in many forms.. - Cluster headaches - Migraine headaches - Sinus headache - Headaches caused by tumors and... It is interesting to know that one of the symptoms that is present in all the above cases is the complication of shooting pain in the head... Shooting is actually a term for deep pain that can have a specific or unspecified location... ### 1 - Migraine headache: It can be caused by various reasons (acquired or inherent). The main symptom of this type of headache is shooting on one side of the head. Also, this headache is throbbing and happens intermittently, as if sometimes a beating heart beats in the head and causes shooting. Migraine.... If there is a hereditary migraine headache in your family, you should act early and with the help of a doctor to prevent it. Migraine is felt as a result of the rush of a large amount of high-pressure blood to the brain... If headache is bothering you and you are looking for an immediate solution to treat severe headache, it is better.. read this article.... ### 2 - Sinus headaches: Bony cavities called sinuses are embedded in the skull through which mucus flows.. If a person is predisposed to it for any genetic or acquired reason, these cavities become infected and have a lot of secretions.. The pressure of these secretions can cause headaches, dizziness, and shooting in the head, which is usually caused by headaches or headaches in the head.. Eliminating it causes a runny nose or a severe cold, etc., as a result, secretions accumulate in the sinus cavities and create pressure.. Since sinusitis is an inflammation caused by an infection, the doctor may prevent it with antibiotics such as cefixime or reduce its pain with painkillers. ### 3- Cluster headaches: This type of headache occurs regionally and in the form of clusters in the head, and its name is derived from its characteristic. The symptoms of this type of headache may be confused with migraine headaches. Brain tumor 4- ## Read in the article cluster headache in the brain.. It is a headache that does not get better even with medication. It is processed by pain receptors in the brain due to pressure and may have an unknown location.... It is diagnosed with CT scan and MRI... Due to bleeding or obstruction of cerebral vessels, the pressure inside the brain increases and pain is caused in various ways... This case must be diagnosed and treated quickly to prevent further debilitating problems.... A stroke can be diagnosed first by the symptoms that appear and then by CT scan and MRI... Read about severe strokes here... ### 6 - Tension headache: The scope of this type of headache is mild to moderate, mostly in adults and it can even happen 3 to 4 times a day.. One of the symptoms of tension headache is that the person feels that the two sides of the head are pressing together, pain in the shoulder and neck area, as well as muscle and joint pain from 0 minutes to the last hour.. It disappears... it may come... (Refer to stress and anxiety article.) ### 7- Headaches caused by consuming cold foods: You have probably experienced this headache while eating ice cream, so that it feels like sticking something sharp to your head or throwing an arrow.... Often this pain goes away quickly, but it is possible that this pain is caused by a tumor and we have mistakenly felt that it was caused by eating cold food... ### 8 - Tooth infection: The nerves located in the teeth are close to the brain and sometimes pain is caused by a tooth infection, which leads to a headache... So by removing the tooth infection, we relieve the headache... ### 9 - Ear infection: Sometimes, due to the proximity of the ear nerves to the brain, infections caused in the ear and as a result of nerve inflammation cause vague but deadly headaches... This headache usually occurs in the temporal area and is caused by cold or moving the head... You can end your headache by removing the ear infection... It usually occurs after 10 to 15 days after taking medicine and is diagnosed by a doctor... ### 11- Giant cell arthritis: This disease is caused by inflammation in the covering of brain vessels and by creating pressure, it causes a headache even of the deadly type.... Pain especially when chewing, fever, blindness and even weight loss are other symptoms of this disease... ### 12- Trigeminal neuralgia: It causes severe sharp, shooting pain in the left side of the head and jaw and feels like an electric shock in the face....the trigeminal nerve is a nerve that has three branches, it starts in the ear and innervates the jaw....this nerve pain is more common in the elderly and in people with MS which is usually pre-neuritis according to the medications your doctor has....trigeminal neuralgia...to reduce or block pain signals sent to the brain... drugs such as anti-epileptic drugs, anti-spasm drugs and botox injections are among these things.. ### 13- Occipital neuralgia: The occipital nerves are controlled from the top of the spinal cord to the surface of the skin, and if they are inflamed or damaged, they cause shooting pain and neuralgia in the back of the head. It can often be confused with a migraine, and because of the connection with the spinal cord, the pain spreads to it... Headache with activity: This type of headache is also described as an explosive throbbing pain, occurs during activity and with an increased heart rate, and can be accompanied by palpitations.. Even headaches from sinus disease or subarachnoid hemorrhage can cause it, but are not necessarily the cause.. Throbbing in the head can have different reasons and as a result of different treatments... but the most important thing is that throbbing headaches are one of the main symptoms of dangerous diseases such as brain tumors, so if you feel that you have an abnormal heartbeat in your head, especially if it is accompanied by other warning signs, you should definitely see a neurologist...