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What is a ten­sion headache?

Most headaches are ten­sion headaches. These headaches tend to hap­pen again and again, espe­cially if you are under stress. They are not usu­ally a sign of some­thing seri­ous. But they can be very painful and hard to live with.

What causes ten­sion headaches?

Doc­tors don’t know for sure what causes ten­sion headaches. Experts once thought that ten­sion or spasms in the mus­cles of your neck, face, and head played a role. Now they think a change in brain chem­i­cals may also be a cause.

What are the symptoms?

Symp­toms of ten­sion headaches include:

• A headache that is con­stant, not throb­bing. You usu­ally feel the pain or pres­sure on both sides of your head.
• Pres­sure that makes you feel like your head is in a vise.
• Aching pain at your tem­ples or the back of your head and neck.

This is dif­fer­ent than migraine headaches, which usu­ally cause throb­bing pain and start on one side of your head.

Ten­sion headaches tend to come back, espe­cially when you are under stress. They can last from 30 min­utes to sev­eral days.

Usu­ally, pain from a ten­sion headache is not severe and does not get in the way of your work or social life. But for some peo­ple the pain is very bad or lasts a long time. You have chronic ten­sion headaches if they occur at least 15 days a month.

How are ten­sion headaches diagnosed?

A doc­tor can usu­ally diag­nose ten­sion headaches by ask­ing you ques­tions about your health and lifestyle and by exam­in­ing you.

How are they treated?

Most peo­ple can treat their ten­sion headaches with pain reliev­ers that you buy with­out a pre­scrip­tion, like aceta­minophen (such as Tylenol) or aspirin.

But if you take these pain reliev­ers more than 3 times a week, you may get rebound headaches. Rebound headaches are dif­fer­ent from ten­sion headaches. They usu­ally start after pain med­i­cine has worn off, which leads you to take another dose. Even­tu­ally you get a headache when­ever you stop tak­ing the medicine.

Some peo­ple have chronic ten­sion headaches. This means they often get headaches. Doc­tors may pre­scribe stronger pain med­i­cine for these people.

Can ten­sion headaches be prevented?

Even with treat­ment, most peo­ple still have some headaches. But with treat­ment, you will prob­a­bly have them less often. And when you do get them, they prob­a­bly won’t be as bad.

Home treat­ment may help you avoid headaches. Learn how to han­dle stress. Make sure you sleep, exer­cise, and eat on a reg­u­lar sched­ule. Check your pos­ture. Don’t strain your eyes when you use your com­puter. Get treat­ment for depres­sion or anxiety.

Nature Cre­ation is offer­ing a relax­ation kits (laven­der eye cover, mint pil­low, neck pil­low & shoul­der wrap), which is sim­ple to use as daily treat­ments with­out the bad effects of chem­i­cal sub­stances in your body.  You just have to heat the prod­ucts in the microwave, and apply them as treat­ments.  Within min­utes, you will scent the nat­ural aro­matic herbs of the prod­ucts, plus the relax­ation effects to your stress mus­cles around the treated area.  Def­i­nitely,  you will feel the com­fort and even­tu­ally relieve the stress.

Also, try keep­ing a headache diary. Every time you get a headache, write down the date, the hour, and what you were doing and feel­ing before your headache started. This may help you and your doc­tor find out what is caus­ing your headaches so you can get the right treatment.

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