Tension headache

Introduction: Tension headache

Description of Tension headache

Tension headache (medical condition): Tension-type headaches can be episodic or chronic.Episodic tension-type...more »

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Tension headache: headache associated with nervous tension, anxiety, and other causes often related to chronic contraction of the scalp muscles.posttraumatic neck syndrome. SYN: muscle contraction headache, tension-type headache.
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Tension headache: a headache located at the back of the head; usually caused by body tension resulting from overwork or psychological stress.
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Tension headache: A common condition characterized by recurrent occipital, temporal, or frontal pressure-like HEADACHE associated with nuchal discomfort. Mid-life onset and bilateral pain are features which tend to distinguish this condition from COMMON MIGRAINE. ANXIETY and DEPRESSION may aggravate this condition. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp182-3)
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Tension headache: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Tension headache:

• Tension
• Headache (2433 causes)
• Headache disorders
• Nervous (73 causes)
• Anxiety (895 causes)
• Anxiety symptoms (895 causes)
• Anxiety disease
• Anxiety disorder (30 causes)
• Anxiety syndrome
• Scalp

Tension headache as a Disease

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Tension headache: Related Diseases

Tension headache: Tension headache is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Headache
• Muscle contraction headache
• Head Conditions
• Pain conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Headache and migraine conditions

Tension headache: Article Excerpts

Tension headache is named not only for the role of stress in triggering the pain, but also for the contraction of... (Source: excerpt from Headache -- Hope Through Research: NINDS)

Tension headache is named not only for the role of stress in triggering the pain, but also for... (Source: excerpt from Headache -- Hope Through Research: NINDS)

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Tension headache as a Symptom

Tension headache (symptom): constant headache which is frequently bilateral in presentation, which is...more »

Tension headache (symptom): Tension headache is named not only for the role of stress in triggering the pain, but also for the... (Source: excerpt from Headache -- Hope Through Research: NINDS)

Tension headache (symptom): See Tension headache (symptom information).

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Tension headache: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Tension headache:

• tension-type headache
• chronic tension headache
• episodic tension headache
• chronic recurring head pain
• cluster headache
• migraine headache
• muscle contraction headache

Terms associated with Tension headache:

Terms Similar to Tension headache:

• Stress headache

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Broader terms for Tension headache

• headache
• head ache
• cephalalgia

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Hierarchical classifications of Tension headache

The following list attempts to classify Tension headache into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• cephalalgia,head ache,headache
• ache,aching
• hurting,pain
• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

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Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Pain disorders related to psychological factors
• Special symptoms or syndromes, not elsewhere classified
• NEUROTIC DISORDERS, PERSONALITY DISORDERS, AND OTHER NONPSYCHOTIC MENTAL DISORDERS
• MENTAL DISORDERS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Tension headache

• Acupuncture for idiopathic headache (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Headache, Tension : Article by Michelle Blanda, MD

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