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Can Your Teeth Cause Tension Headaches?
A tension headache is pain or discomfort in the head, scalp, or neck, usually associated with muscle tightness in these areas.
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Mixed tension migraine
Alternative Names
Muscle contraction headache; Headache - benign; Headache - tension; Chronic headaches - tension; Rebound headaches - tension
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
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Headaches: Tension: Managing Tension-Type Headaches
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Diagnosing the cause of persistent daily headache can be difficult. People who visit the emergency room with disabling headache may be misdiagnosed... Read more »
Headaches: Tension: Prognosis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
CausesThe causes of tension-type headache are still uncertain. Although tension-type headaches were once thought to be primarily due to muscle... Read more »
Headaches: Tension: Causes
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Tension-type headaches are the most common type of headache. Nearly everyone has at least one tension-type headache during their lifetime. Episodic... Read more »
Tension headache
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Muscle contraction headache; Headache - benign; Headache - tension; Chronic headaches - tension; Rebound headaches - tension Symptoms ... Read more »
Tension headache
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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