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Tension Headaches also called “stress” headaches or muscular headaches are a mild to moderate headaches that may last from 15 minutes to several days. The pain is usually constant and felt in both sides of the head and neck. Exercises don’t make these headaches worse and there are no additional symptoms such as nausea.
Tension-type headache is a term used to describe chronic headaches that cause pain that is similar to a very tight band be placed round your head. This is the most common type of headache affecting nearly 75% of women and 60% of men. Tension headache causes mild to moderate pain, tightness or pressure around the head and neck. These headaches may be induced by the stress, eyestrain or poor posture.
Tension-type headaches occurring on a daily basis are called chronic daily headaches. Many symptoms accompany these headaches including fatigue, sleep disturbances and depression. Tension-type and migraine headaches can occur together and medical doctors believe that the two types of headaches have same pathological mechanism.
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