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Definition of Tension headache

1. Noun. A headache located at the back of the head; usually caused by body tension resulting from overwork or psychological stress.

Medical Definition of Tension headache

1. A benign form of headache that results from the painful spasm (muscle tightness) and inflammation of muscles of the head and neck. Tension headache is one of the most common forms of headache. Spasm and contraction of the head and neck muscles may occur in response to fatigue, overuse, eye strain, excessive smoking, stress, anxiety or depression. Sleeping in an abnormal position or prolonged work involving immobilisation of the neck in one position (typing, computers, etc.) are considered common triggers. Exercising and stretching the muscles of the head and neck can reduce the occurrence of muscle tension headaches. (13 Jan 1998)

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Literary usage of Tension headache

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The Effects of Therapeutic Touch on tension headache Pain. Master's thesis, University of Missouri — Columbia. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1897)
"who was confined to bed, and had an acute exacerbation of a chronic glaucoma, with severe headache; result, lowered tension, headache relieved, ..."

3. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"... (N=18075) Registry participants (N=52216) NA = Not available a tension headache also is coded under the category of psychological conditions. ..."

4. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1906)
"The clinical picture of this condition presents high arterial tension, headache, dizziness, gastric disturbances, mental and physical torpor, ..."

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