About The Medical Condition Headaches, Tension-Type
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Headaches, Tension-Type
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Headaches, Tension-Type?
A common condition characterized by recurrent occipital, temporal, or frontal pressure-like HEADACHE associated with nuchal discomfort. Mid-life onset and bilateral pain are features which tend to distinguish this condition from COMMON MIGRAINE. ANXIETY and DEPRESSION may aggravate this condition. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp182-3)
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