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Signs and Symptoms

Tension Headache

Tension headache usually produces a dull, steady ache on both sides of the head. The pain usually increases over a period of hours. A small number of tension-headache patients report that, when at its worst, the pain develops a pulsating quality.

Tension headache pain has been described as pressure or tightness around the head, as though a band were pulled tightly around it or as if it were clamped in a vise.

Muscular tenderness in areas of the nec...Read the full article