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Tension Headaches: Causes, Treatment, & Relief
June 10, 2019
Symptom Guides > Headaches > Tension Headaches: Causes, Treatment, & Relief

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Gila Lyons
Gila Lyons' health writing has appeared in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, Vice, Cosmopolitan, Health Magazine, Healthline, and other publications. Connect with her at www.gilalyons.com, Twitter, Instagram, and Linkedin.
This article was medically reviewed by K Health's VP Medical, Dr. Edo Paz, MD.
Feel like you have a band squeezing your head, giving you a dull aching pain, and a sense of tightness in your forehead, sides, or back of your head? Or perhaps you feel like your scalp is very sensitive and tender, or that your neck and shoulder muscles ache. If so, you may be suffering from a tension headache, the most common type of headache experienced at some point in their lives by 80% of American adults. Although they can be quite uncomfortable, it might relieve some tension to know that these headaches usually aren’t dangerous or caused by any disease or illness. Even better news is that there are very effective ways to treat and prevent them at home.
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"Tension headaches are the most common type of headache. 80% of American adults experience them in their lives."
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by
Gila Lyons
Gila Lyons' health writing has appeared in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, Vice, Cosmopolitan, Health Magazine, Healthline, and other publications. Connect with her at www.gilalyons.com, Twitter, Instagram, and Linkedin.
This article was medically reviewed by K Health's VP Medical, Dr. Edo Paz, MD.
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