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Headache is one of the most common medical condition why most people go to the doctor.
According to Internation Headache Society, there are about 129 distinct types of headache. But the most common type are headache caused by migraine, tension, and headache caused by sinus. For the time being we will concentrate more on the more common type of headache which is tension headache. As for migraine there is another article written for that topic.
Stress or tension type headache is the most common of all head ache. It has the most socio-economic impact of all common illness suffered. Tension headache is usually mild to moderate, band-like pain that affects the whole head.
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As the name may imply, stress or tension headache may be caused by stress but not always. The real cause of tension-type headache is not yet well understood but may be related to a lower-than-normal threshold for pain.
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