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tension headache
(redirected from Tension-type headache)

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tension headache [′ten·chən ‚hed‚āch]


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However, several studies that followed patients for 6 treatments or more included individuals with adult spasticity, spastic cerebral palsy, and chronic tension-type headache.
Rollnik, Karst, Fink, and Dengler (2001) reported that poor coping skills (specifically with pain) contribute to the transformation of occasional tension-type headache into a chronic condition.
The author says that despite advances in treatment, patients with migraine are still under diagnosed and under treated, and adds that tension-type headache is rarely an accurate diagnosis in this emergency department population.
 
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