Tension type headache

Debashish Chowdhury, Debashish Chowdhury

Abstract

Tension type headaches are common in clinical practice. Earlier known by various names, the diagnosis has had psychological connotations. Recent evidence has helped clarify the neurobiological basis and the disorder is increasingly considered more in the preview of neurologists. The classification, clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment of tension type headache are discussed in this paper.

Keywords: Chronic tension type headache; Episodic tension type headache.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: Nil

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Proposed pathophysiologic model of CTTH. Source: Bendtsen L. Central sensitization in tension-type headache—possible pathophysiological mechanisms. Cephalalgia 2000; 20(5):486–508

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