Tension headaches are dull pain, tightness, or pressure around your forehead or the back of your head and neck.
Some people say it feels like a clamp squeezing the skull. Often called stress headaches, they’re the most common type for adults.
There are two types:
• Episodic tension headaches happen less than 15 days per month.
• Chronic tension headaches happen more than 15 days a month. These headaches can last from 30 minutes to a few days.
The episodic kind usually starts gradually, often in the middle of the day. Chronic ones come and go over a longer period of time. The pain may get stronger or ease up throughout the day, but it’s almost always there.
Although your head hurts, tension headaches usually don’t keep you from your daily activities, and they don’t affect your vision, balance, or strength.
Who Gets Them? Up to 80% of adults get them from time to time. About 3% have chronic daily tension headaches.
Women are twice as likely to get them as men. Most people with episodic tension headaches have them no more than once or twice a month, but they can happen more often.
What Are the Symptoms? A few common ones include:
• Mild to moderate pain or pressure in the front, top, or sides of the head
• Headache that starts later in the day
• Trouble sleeping
• Muscle aches
Unlike migraine headaches, you won’t have other nerve symptoms, such as muscle weakness or blurred vision.
IF you suffer from constant tension headaches,
Jason
