tension-type headache

Tension Headache vs Migraine

January 25, Episode 145: Tension headache or migraine? What is tension headache anyway? Those of us in the headache advocacy community often ignore tension headache. It actually plays an important role in the headache field, and there are a lot…

October 2021, Episode 104: Did you know that tension headaches don’t really have anything to do with stress OR the muscles in your head? In this week’s episode of Heads Up, Dr. Lindsay Weitzel, Ph.D. talks with Dr. Vincent Martin,…

Emotional Abuse in Children Linked to Later Migraine

Childhood emotional abuse may lead to migraines in young adults, according to a study that was presented this month at the American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada. Researchers found that the link between migraine and abuse was…

Childhood Abuse and Neglect Connected to Migraine Later in Life

Adverse childhood experiences, called ACEs, can lead to a variety of health problems later in life. Now, researchers say children who experience abuse or neglect are more likely to develop migraines rather than tension-type headaches, which tend to be milder…

Headache Keeps Soldiers out of Active Duty

Headache is one of the leading reasons behind U.S. troops in Afghanistan being evacuated for medical reasons and is a leading contributor to the depletion of active-duty troops there. The same was true in Iraq, until the war ended recently….

Tension-Type Headache: Everything You Need to Know

Tension-type headache is a nonspecific headache, which is not vascular or migrainous, and is not related to organic disease. The most common form of headache, it may be related to muscle tightening in the back of the neck and/or scalp….

Ibuprofen

Ibuprofen is an analgesic. It is classified as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, commonly referred to as NSAIDS. Other NSAIDS are also used as analgesics. Ibuprofen can be used as a pain reliever or analgesic. It can also be used as…

Chronic Migraine

Chronic migraine best characterizes those patients with a history of migraine who experience headache more than half the time. This condition was previously called Transformed Migraine. However, transformation requires that the sufferer recall precisely how their headaches have changed over…

Hot and Cold Packs/Showers

Ice and heat can be used to lessen the pain of headaches. In general, most sufferers with migraine headache prefer cold packs. Sufferers with tension-type or muscle contraction headaches may prefer warm packs. It depends on the individual sufferer. The…

Coexisting Migraine and Tension-Type Headaches

Some patients will describe a daily, chronic tension-type headache as well as a recurrent hard or “sick” migraine-like headache. This combination of tension-type and migraine headaches, previously known as the mixed headache syndrome, is now identified as coexisting migraine and…

Eyestrain from Watching TV

Many people believe that eyestrain causes their headaches. This seems possible given the amount of time people spend reading, working on computers, watching TV and playing video games. Although refractory errors may contribute to headaches, other factors such as posture,…

Early Morning Awakening Headache

Cluster, migraine and tension-type headaches may produce a headache that awakens an individual in the early morning hours (usually after 4 AM), or is present upon awakening. Those individuals with chronic tension-type headache are most likely to be awakened in…

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