Tension headache

Headache disorders have affected approximately half of the adults population worldwide1. In particular, headache disorders can be classified as various categories, and two major categories are primary and secondary headache disorders2. While some primary headache disorders such as migraine and tension-type headaches have drawn a lot of attentions from the the public, secondary headaches such as cervicogenic headache (CGH) has drawn less attentions since it is less prevalent than those primary…

SUBJECTIVE CC: “I’ve had a headache for 3 weeks, and it’s still there.” HPI: 40 year old single college Professor with complaints of daily headache for 3 weeks. She describes the headache as dull to pounding at times, from 3 to 8 on scale of 1-10 (10 being worst pain). The pain has not gotten worse, but has not gotten better either. She has no previous medical history or history of headaches or migraine headaches. Her head hurts “in the back of head and goes to the top”, and is occasionally…

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is the second most effected country in the world. Migraine is formally a headache at either side of the head that might be severe or mild. The effect of this headache intensifies with burden, stress or hypertension. The agonizing pain can be triggered from any of the factors like smell, sound, light and might last for hours or even days. “The reason why migraines are such a big deal is because they are debilitating headaches.” says Dr. Douglas Kaplan, a neurologist. Doctors have quoted that…

a. Building healthy eating patterns and headaches are the two topics I chose that most resonates with me. Eating healthy should be important to everyone. This topic interests me because if a person doesn’t eat healthy, they can get many diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, strokes, osteoporosis, and many different types of cancers. I want to continue and improve on eating healthier foods to prevent those diseases from occurring. My family really tries to…

According to American Psychological Association, some common symptoms of overwhelming amount of stress includes muscular problems, including tension headache, back pain, jaw pain, gut and bowel problems such as heartburn, acid stomach, flatulence, diarrhea, elevation in blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, sweaty palms, heart palpitations, dizziness, migraine headaches, cold hands or feet, shortness of breath, and chest pain (Miller & Smith, 2016). Stress can manifest itself on one’s body through…

pain as "pain which is independent of peripheral stimulation or of damage to the nervous system and due to emotional factors, or else, pain in which any peripheral change (i.e. muscle tension) is a consequence of emotional factors." The most common types of psychogenic pain are back pain, stomach pain, and headaches, which are usually induced by grief, lovesickness, social rejection, a broken heart, or other such emotional…

eye when suffering from ocular migraine. There are numerous aspects that are contributing to the ocular headaches such as high blood pressure, tumors, sinus conditions, stress and hormonal changes. These headaches are generally not associated with problems related to eyes. Avoiding Frequent Ocular Migraine Attacks People who are experiencing ocular migraine feel the throbbing, dull headache along with fuzziness and blind spots. These symptoms generally last for 20-30 minutes, leave the person…

Psychological Effects of Sleep Isaac Newton in his famous Newton’s Laws pointed out that for every action there must always be a reaction. This phenomenon manifests in all aspects of life. Everybody needs to sleep and the sleep must be sufficient. Insufficient sleep has a share of its effects. Basically, sleep is one of the many altered states of a human being’s consciousness. This implies that it directly has psychological implications and its insufficiency or excessiveness has direct impact…

Throughout the years, antianxiety drug therapy has been known for being called tranquilizers, antipsychotics, and anxiolytics (Vondracek & Corneal, 1995, p. 397). The purpose of the antianxiety drug is to hinder the symptoms of fear, tension, nervousness, and anxiety. The first antianxiety medication was meprobamate. Meprobamate was created in the 1950s, although, was not introduced to the psychiatric treatments until 1955. The treatment was first conducted to tame monkeys, until other studies…