Headache is a countable noun. Headache= (i) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness: ‘The noise of traffic is a constant headache for me.’ (ii) pain in the head: ‘I woke up with a terrible headache.’ ‘My wife suffers from headache.’
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