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  1. Contact your provider if experiencing new, severe, or persistent symptoms.

    The symptoms include:

    • Dull and aching head pain
    • Tenderness on the neck and shoulder muscles
    • Tightness or pressure sensations around the forehead

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    Causes

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    • It is thought to be triggered by physical and emotional stress, head injury, and anxiety.

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    Prevention

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    Practise relaxing techniques such as yoga, deep breathing, and meditation.

    Get enough sleep

    Quit smoking

    Perform exercises regularly

    Drink plenty of water

    Avoid/ limit consumption of alcohol, caffeine, and sugar.

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    Treatment

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    Usually, tension headaches do not require medical attention.

    Medication

    Analgesics: To reduce headaches.

    Aspirin . ibuprofen . naproxen

    Serotonin receptor agonists: To reduce both migraines and episodic tension headaches.

    Triptan

    Tricyclic antidepressants: To prevent the headaches.

    Amitriptyline

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  1. Common symptoms of stress or tension headaches include12345:
    • Dull, pressure-type pain
    • Feeling of tightness around the head
    • Pain that’s worse in the temples, scalp, or back of the neck
    • Pain in the shoulders
    • All-over pain
    • Difficulty sleeping
    • Mild to moderate pain or pressure in the front, top, or sides of the head
    • Feeling very tired
    • Crankiness
    • Trouble focusing
    • Mild sensitivity to light or noise
    • Muscle aches
    • Tenderness in the scalp, neck, and shoulder muscles
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    According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), symptoms of a stress or tension headache may include: dull, pressure-type pain a feeling of tightness around the head pain that’s worse in the temples, scalp, or back of the neck pain in the shoulders all-over pain difficulty sleeping
    www.healthline.com/health/headache/stress-heada…
    Common symptoms include: Mild to moderate pain or pressure in the front, top, or sides of your head A headache that starts later in the day Feeling very tired Crankiness Trouble focusing Mild sensitivity to light or noise Muscle aches
    www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/tension-he…

    Dull, aching head pain. Feeling of tightness or pressure across the forehead or on the sides and back of the head. Tenderness in the scalp, neck and shoulder muscles.

    www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tension-h…
    Some people get tension headaches from stressful events or hectic days. What are the symptoms of a tension headache? These are common symptoms of a tension headache: Slow start of the headache Head often hurts on both sides Pain is dull or feels like a band or vice around the head Pain may involve the back part of the head or neck
    www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-di…
    Symptoms may vary, but most people describe tension headache pain as: Constant mild to moderate pressure and pain. Feeling like something is squeezing the sides of their heads together. Aching or tight neck muscles and shoulder muscles. Sensitivity to light and sound.
    my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/8257-tensio…
     
  2. Tension headache - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

     
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