Women really do have more headaches

Despite the fact that men may be more vocal in their expression of aches and pains, it seems that women just grin and bear it.

According to research reported by Femalefirst.co.uk, women suffer from 56 spells of aches and pains per year, while men get away with only 41.

Meanwhile, 53 per cent of women have headaches at least once a month, while only 35 per cent of men have them this frequently.

Furthermore, it was reported that women may be putting up with pain unnecessarily, with many not taking pain relief in favour of waiting to see if the symptoms would go away.

On a new website designed to highlight this, painprofiles.com, psychologist Linda Papadopoulos said: "Pain is a fact of life and can affect us almost every day. The way we respond to it has to do with a lot of things including our gender, our culture [and] even our personality.

"In fact the way we deal with and respond to pain can have a knock-on effect on many parts of our lives - from relationships to work performance."

According to Goodtoknow.co.uk, the most common types of headaches are tension-related, caused by stress, tiredness and eye strain, among other things.

Migraines cause only 20 per cent of headaches but are known to affect women more than men.